As it happened, this was exactly the case. i. Trusting Gods promise means returning. Well, of course! Isaiah might have said, for from the feared killer (Assyria) they were seeking help from the proved killer (Egypt)! (Motyer), Now go, write it before them on a tablet, ESV It must not be so with you, my brethren, you must learn a better way. (Spurgeon). And then they will be cast into Gehenna. Get on their horses, head to Egypt, escape from. WebIsaiah 30:18 - Summarized Bible Commentary. WebGod Will Bless His People. They were chargeable with distrust, and were distressed by strange uneasiness and restlessness of mind; for they were fearfully harassed by their unbelief, so that they could not wait for God calmly. Please be aware that this might heavily reduce the functionality and appearance of our site. But those that will wait upon God will be delivered.". However, Jerusalem stood. And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight with it. Since He promised to bless His people, He will also, after punishing them for their lack of trust, extend grace and show compassion to them. The following cookies are also needed - You can choose if you want to allow them: You can read about our cookies and privacy settings in detail on our Privacy Policy Page. This is also the good effect of their seeing their teachers and hearing the word behind them; by this it shall appear that they are the better for the means of grace they enjoy--they shall break off from their best-beloved sin. Which has been winnowed with the shovel and fan. Trusting Gods promise means quietness. ii. As God has not left himself without witness, so he has not left us without guides to show us our way. Judah would be like a shattered clay pot, which is broken in pieces. So there shall not be found among its fragments However, it is likely that the prophecy of Isaiah 32-33 was given before the time of the prophecy of Isaiah 30-31. (3.) 1. If he correct his children, it is with judgment (Jeremiah 10:24), with moderation and discretion, considering their frame. b. Forever and ever: a. Trusting Gods promise means rest. With scattering, tempest, and hailstones. Here very graphically it describes this place known as Tophet; in the Greek, Gehenna. And who devise plans, but not of My Spirit, But when you talk about Gehenna, you're talking about something else; Tophet, it's been ordained of old. A bulge in a high wall, For the Lord is a God of justice. And woe unto those that are seeking counsel but not from God. And therefore will he be exalted - "Even for this shall he expect in silence"] For yarum, he shall be exalted, which belongs not to this place, Houbigant reads yadum, he shall be silent: and so it seems to be in a MS. Another MS. instead of it reads yashub, he shall return. Judah wanted to hear from the prophets and Gods messengers, but they did not want to hear the truth from them. And, We will ride on swift horses He knows that the journey is a waste of time, money and effort (6). I personally just leave it alone. Which reaches up to the neck, CONTENTS: Warnings against alliance with Egypt against Sennacherib and exhortation to turn to the Lord for help. Woe to the rebellious children, says the LORD, My eternal future with the Lord, that's the thing that can really get me excited.Go ahead and read your next five chapters. If in poverty, they are in haste to be rich; and they shall not long be innocent. I. Gods waiting, 1. Now some of the more wealthy people were escaping to Egypt when they saw this Assyrian invasion coming. Just return and rest in the Lord and there you'll be safe. If they would have trusted Gods promise instead, they would never have had reason to flee, and would have seen the LORDs salvation and strength instead. God will give you rain of your seed, rain to water the seed you sow, just at the time that it calls for it, as much as it needs and no more. Concord. Egypt would sit idly by as the Assyrians trouble Judah. 18.Therefore will Jehovah wait. They trust for their national defence in a treaty with Egypt, which, to them, is like a high wall that protects them from enemy Assyria. i. 20 The Lord will make you go through hard times, but he himself will be there to teach you, and you will not have to search for him any more. But Egypt fell to Assyria. Blessed are all those who wait for him. It will be fat and plentiful. But he said, "Those who are chasing you will have faster horses than you do.". A shard to take fire from the hearth, p. 56. How wisely mad (if I may so speak) they now were at their idols, what a holy indignation they conceived against them in the day of their repentance. 2 Timothy 2:13). And the flame of a devouring fire, But here the prophet is telling them all along, "Quiet and confidence shall be your strength. Herein he is very gracious indeed. ", In Revelation it says for the cup at the time of the sun giving power. a. Because you despise this wordTherefore this iniquity shall be to you like a breach ready to fall: God promised that because Judah trusted in Egypt instead of Him, everything would be broken and collapsed. i. Isaiah 4. Isaiah 30:18 . This verse is the commencement of the annunciation of the blessings which should yet be conferred on them. The description of these blessings is continued to Isaiah 30:26. The Lord wiped out the Assyrian army. p. 56. x "mavit rem", Golius, col. 922. We have the best Protector, the best Guard in God. Judah thinks of Egypt as a great dragon (Rahab) that will help it overthrow enemy Assyria, but Isaiah knows that Egypt will be powerless to help - like a dragon that sits still and does nothing (7).The prophet writes this discouraging message down as a permanent record that the people have been warned (8). Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound ( Isaiah 30:22-26 ). A rebuke to those in Judah who looked to Egypt for deliverance. The word in the Arabic language, as Schultens observes w, signifies to "desire" x; and this will make the words run smoothly in agreement with the former; "and therefore", or "nevertheless, will he desire to have mercy on you"; which denotes the Lord's good will to his people, and how much his heart, and the desires of it, are towards them: for the Lord [is] a God of judgment; or, "though he is a God of judgment" y, of strict justice, judges in the earth, and will judge the world in righteousness; see Malachi 2:17 his grace, mercy, and justice, agree together, in redemption justification, pardon of sin, and salvation: or of moderation, clemency, and grace to correct his people; he corrects them not in wrath and hot displeasure, but in judgment, in a tender and fatherly way and manner, Jeremiah 10:24 and he is a God of "discretion", Psalms 112:5 of wisdom and knowledge, and does all things after the counsel of his will; he has fixed upon the proper time, and he knows which is the best time, and he waits that time to show grace and mercy to his people: blessed [are] all they that wait for him; that do not run here and there for help, and are tumultuous, restless, and impatient, but wait God's own time to do them good; that wait for his gracious presence, and the discoveries of his love, for the performance of his promises, for answers of prayer, for all blessings temporal and spiritual, and for eternal glory and happiness; these are happy persons, all and every one of them; they enjoy much now, and it can not be said, nor conceived, what God has prepared for them hereafter; see Isaiah 49:23. q "nihilominus, tamen"; so Noldius, Ebr. For the Lord is a God of justice; How blessed are So it follows here: "When you shall have abandoned your idols, then shall God give the rain of your seed," Isaiah 30:23; Isaiah 30:23. They had the light, but they loved darkness rather. (298) (Jeremiah 30:11.) c. One thousand shall flee at the threat of one: This is a reversal of the promise of Leviticus 26:8, and a fulfillment of the curse promised in Leviticus 26:17: I will set My face against you, and you shall be defeated by your enemies. Death and hell are going to give up their dead which are in them. Hes waiting around to be gracious to you. WebWhat does Isaiah 30:18 mean? Judgment is thus contrasted with severity, when the Lord observes a limit in punishing believers, that he may not ruin those whose salvation he always promotes; and, accordingly, as Habakkuk says, in the midst of wrath he remembers his mercy. (Habakkuk 3:2.) Children who will not hear the law of the LORD; And his ambassadors came to Hanes. Those who were disturbed in the possession of their estates shall again enjoy them quietly. The final place of the wicked dead. But there is no authority for this except a single MS. Rosenmuller supposes it means, in accordance with the interpretation of Jarchi, that he would delay, that is, that his mercy would be long or his judgment remote. Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, "He will stir up himself to deliver you, will be exalted, will be raised up out of his holy habitation (Zechariah 2:13), that he may appear for you in more than ordinary instances of power and goodness; and thus he will be exalted, that is, he will glorify his own name. This verse is the commencement of the annunciation of the blessings which should yet be conferred on them. The immediate promise of these good things for Israel would be fulfilled in the destruction of the Assyrian armies; "But the prophecy looks far beyond that to the Golden Age (Isaiah 23-26) (the age of Messiah). Not only the tillage, but the pasture-ground should be remarkably fruitful: The cattle shall feed in large pastures; those that are at grass shall have room enough, and the oxen and asses that are kept up for use, to ear the ground, which must be the better fed for their being worked, shall eat clean provender. V. The effect of all this should be extraordinary comfort and joy to the people of God, Isaiah 30:26; Isaiah 30:26. If under reproach, their heart ferments towards revenge. When thou art doubting, conscience shall direct thee to the way of duty; when thou art dull and trifling, conscience shall quicken thee in that way." When he says that they who shall patiently wait for him will be blessed, he declares, on the other hand, that they who allow themselves to be hurried away by impatience, and do not repent of their crimes and their wickedness, are wretched and miserable, and will at length perish; for without hope in God there can be no salvation or happiness. (w) Animadv. The Lord will wait, that he may be gracious unto you. And on every high hill "[20] The fulfillment of the first promise was a proof of the certainty of the latter one. That seek to find a covering but not from the Spirit. His lips are full of indignation, As he learns that a group of Judean representatives is on its way to Egypt, he points out again how disastrous this alliance will prove to be. 2. We think we may safely refer ourselves to a man of judgment; and shall we not commit our way to a God of judgment? Blessed are all those who wait for Him. a. He will spare the nation still; and yet establish among them the true religion, and they shall flourish. Introduction. But Assyria's not going to wipe out you. (r) Not only in punishing but in using moderation in the same, as in Jer 10:24,30:11. (s) "et propterea exaltabit se", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus; "elaturus est se", Junius & Tremellius. And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be hidden any more, but thine eye shall see thy teachers; and thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left. (r) judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him. This verse is the commencement of the annunciation of the blessings which should yet be conferred on them. iv. Outright disobedience is never consistent with real trust in Gods promise. Turn aside from the path, 26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound. Interestingly, the King James Version and the New International Version both translate these words as menstrual cloth, but the New King James Version uses the euphemistic unclean thing. And His burden is heavy; He intended therefore to soothe their minds, and encourage them to hope for better things, that they might embrace the mercy of God in the midst of those miseries, and might thus nourish their souls by his word. And in every place where the staff of punishment passes, And the ornament of your molded images of gold. For the princes were there at Zoan, and the ambassadors they came to Hanes [the major cities of Egypt in that day]. (4.) Click to enable/disable _gat_* - Google Analytics Cookie. The Egyptians shall help in vain and to no purpose. There won't be enough left to even take water out. The bread of adversity and the water of affliction, And in battles of brandishing He will fight with it. If we find favour with God, and he have mercy upon us, we shall have comfort according to the time that we have been afflicted. And here he is saying, "Your strength is just to sit still and trust in God.". And to the prophets, Do not prophesy to us right things; a. Which is broken in pieces; Others translate the words, till he be gracious to you; but I think that the former translation is more appropriate, and it agrees better with the meaning of the particle (lamed.) Cause the Holy One of Israel And though the Lord gives you Who say to the seers, Do not see, You can also change some of your preferences. WebIsaiah 30 Trust In the LORD, Not In Egypt A. You will also defile the covering of your images of silver, He waits on high to have mercy on you, for the Lord is a God of justice. For Tophet [interesting scripture, Tophet] is ordained of old ( Isaiah 30:32-33 ); Tophet is hell. 2. It's going to fall. With which you sow the ground, This is the foundation of all good. Click to enable/disable essential site cookies. As in the night when a holy festival is kept, They must have their desire instantaneously fulfilled, or else they are ready to take wrong means of attaining it. In the day that the LORD binds up the bruise of His people WebIsa 30:18 And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him. They put as far from as they can all the occasions of sin and temptations to it, though they are as a right eye or a right hand, and protest against it as Ephraim did (Hosea 14:8), What have I to do any more with idols? Those who were all in tears shall have cause to rejoice, and shall weep no more; and those who dwell in Zion, the holy city, will find enough there to wipe away tears from their eyes. To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. 18 And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him. b. When he gives them their teachers, and they give him their hearts, so that they begin to seek the kingdom of God and the righteousness thereof, then all other things shall be added to themMatthew 6:33. Now this is what the prophet Isaiah kept telling Hezekiah, "Don't worry about it. and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you; or, "will exalt himself" (s); raise up himself, who seemed to be asleep, and careless of his people, and rise up against their enemies, and in defence of them, which is showing mercy to them; or be exalted on his throne of grace, that he may give, and they may find, grace and mercy to help them in time of need: or, "he will exalt", or "lift up"; that is, his Son; so he was lifted up on the cross, that his people might be drawn after him, and saved by him; and he has also exalted him at his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, to give repentance unto Israel and forgiveness of sins; and he is now lifted up as the serpent on the pole in the ministry of the word, that whosoever believes in him should have everlasting life; so that these exaltations, or lifting up, are in order to have mercy; and his waiting to be gracious is by the Jews (t) interpreted of his desire after the Messiah's coming, and his waiting for that: or, "he will be exalted, in", or "by, having mercy on you" (u); the glory of God is displayed in showing mercy to his people; they are engaged and influenced hereby to glorify God for his mercy, both in things temporal and spiritual. Part. Observe, How man's industry and God's blessing concur to the good things we enjoy relating to the life that now is: Thou shalt sow the ground, that is thy part, and then God will give the rain of thy seed, that is his part. If I ascend into heaven, Thou art there. If under reproach, their heart ferments towards revenge. Because God is infinitely wise, those are truly happy who refer their cause to him. Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel: WebMatthew Henry Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 30:8-17. Paul describes the same kind of heart in 2 Timothy 4:3-4: For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables. Since these providers may collect personal data like your IP address we allow you to block them here. They had graven images of silver, and molten images of gold, and, though gold needs no painting, they had coverings and ornaments on these; they spared no cost in doing honour to their idols. That he may be gracious to you.. The description of these blessings is continued to Isaiah 30:26. 30:4 For his c princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes. You know He can and will come through, and you have a profound confidence in the God who loves you. Listening to the Lord. Then He will give the rain for your seed: When Judah puts away their idols, boldly trusting Gods promise, then God will send material blessings on Judah.
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