And when the people are brought to praise God then shall the earth yield her increase, and with it God, even our own God, shall bless us,Psalms 67:5; Psalms 67:6. p. 507. in the same way Gataker. Which the LORD lays on him, "Thy eyes see thy teachers; but this is a teacher out of sight, it is thy own conscience, which shall now by the grace of God be awakened to do its office." And note it on a scroll, And Hades is hell; Gehenna is another place. Through a land of trouble and anguish, So to me the strong indications are that it will be an eternal separation from God and whether or not conscious, that's something that's in God's hands. With which you sow the ground, p. 56. x "mavit rem", Golius, col. 922. Woe to the rebellious children, says the LORD, Who take counsel, but not of Me, And who devise You can read out of that whatever you want. If under reproach, their heart ferments towards revenge. As the light of seven days, 19 For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee. But the teachers of truth may sometimes be driven into corners for shelter; and it goes ill with the church when it is so, when the woman with her crown of twelve stars is forced to flee into the wilderness (Revelation 12:6), when the prophets are hidden by fifty in a cave,1 Kings 18:4. w Animadv. Of course, it would be devastating to the earth if the sun went into a supernova state.The astronomers believe that when stars are about to die that they go into the supernova state. Changes will take effect once you reload the page. Isaiah tells us plainly that it is so He may be gracious to you. 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. No wonder Isaiah felt sorry for the donkeys that would carry the treasure of Judah down to Egypt. That's in God's hands. God's judgment upon the Assyrians as He wiped out 185,000 in one night of the first line fighting troops. Click on the different category headings to find out more. "Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly" ( Psalms 1:1 ). Verse Isaiah 30:18. 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. 5 Things You Should Know about the ESV Bible Translation. God will then give them plenty of all good things. But it sure sounds like it here. The description of these blessings is continued to Isaiah 30:26. We get, "Oh, but the Bible says." So those who long for Him will experience blessing when their waiting is over. waitcompare Isa 30:15, wait, namely, for His times of having mercy. 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. i. It has been ordained of old, a place that God has ordained. Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the Mighty One of Israel. 23 Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures. And therefore - The sense of the words rendered and therefore, may be better expressed by the phrase, yet moreover, meaning, that notwithstanding their sins, and the necessity of punishing them, Yahweh would be longsuffering, and would yet bring the nation to repentance. (w) Animadv. All they that wait for him.This waiting is, as in the first clause, that of wistful longing. 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? But this is not all: 3. i. Trapp on Tophet: Hence it is here used for hell, together with that eternity of extremity which the damned there endure; and this the Assyrians are here threatened with, yea, their very king, whose preservation from the stroke of the angel was but a reservation to a worse mischief here and hereafter., ii. It's going to decline. When we trust God, we dont have to strive for ourselves. If the sun should go into supernova, it would just about do in the earth. i. Trusting Gods promise means returning. (s) "et propterea exaltabit se", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus; "elaturus est se", Junius & Tremellius. Idolaters are said to be mad upon their idols (Jeremiah 50:38), doatingly fond of them. WebThe first 39 chapters of the book of Isaiah prophesy doom for a sinful Judah and for all the nations of the world that oppose God. Concord. WebHe wants to rise and comfort you. ESV Judah would be like a collapsed wall, whose breaking comes suddenly, in an instant. And gladness of heart as when one goes with a flute, And therefore will he be exalted - Lowth renders this in accordance with a conjecture of Houbigant, Shall he expect in silence, by reading yadum instead of yarum. 1. 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. Therefore the strength of Pharaoh shall be your shame, and trust in the shadow of Egypt shall be your humiliation: From the perspective of heaven, the strength of Pharaoh was nothing. 2. As He strikes with the rod. To strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, Who take counsel, but not of Me, and who devise plans, but not of My Spirit, Therefore the strength of Pharaoh shall be your shame, and trust in the shadow of Egypt shall be your humiliation, They were all ashamed of a people who could not benefit them, The burden against the beasts of the South, The Egyptians shall help in vain and to no purpose, Now go, write it before them on a tabletthat it may be for a time to come, forever and ever, That this is a rebellious people, lying childrenwho say to the seers, Do not see, Cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us, Because you despise this wordTherefore this iniquity shall be to you like a breach ready to fall, whose breaking comes suddenly, in an instant, In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and confidence shall be your strength, But you would not, and you said, No, for we will flee on horses Therefore you shall flee, One thousand shall flee at the threat of one, Therefore the LORD will wait, that He may be gracious to you, And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you, Certain of Gods people are in trouble and distress, and they are eager for immediate rescue. God would thus repair the losses they sustained by that devastation. Copyright 2023, Bible Study Tools. V. The effect of all this should be extraordinary comfort and joy to the people of God, Isaiah 30:26; Isaiah 30:26. 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. And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you: When God has mercy on us, it exalts Him. A shard to take fire from the hearth, Get on their horses, head to Egypt, escape from. Turn aside from the path, II. You will throw them away as an unclean thing: The literal Hebrew for unclean thing is literally a menstrual cloth. And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare ( Isaiah 30:11-14 ): God's going to crack all of these pots.This takes you out to the book of Revelation where it talks about the reign of Jesus Christ, who as with an iron, will pop the clay vessels and shatter them to pieces. When one trouble is over we know not how soon another may succeed; and we may have an interest in the favour of God, and such consolations as are sufficient to prohibit weeping, and yet may have bread of adversity given us to eat and water of affliction to drink. Please be aware that this might heavily reduce the functionality and appearance of our site. "Henry's Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible". In the larger sense, it was foolish and evil of Judah to look to others especially Egypt for help, instead of looking to the LORD. (t) Gloss, in T. Bab. The Lord is a God of justice. Therefore the LORD will wait, that He may be gracious to you: We often wonder why the LORD waits to do things in our lives. 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. The children of Israel didn't have to fight them. Rivers and streams of waters, Tools Isa 30:19 Nor is it a slight confirmation of this when he adds, that God gives a proof of his glory by pardoning his people. Outright disobedience is never consistent with real trust in Gods promise. For the Lord is a God of justice; How blessed are They will carry their riches on the backs of young donkeys, WebIsaiah 30:18 GODS WORD Translation (GW) 18 The Lord is waiting to be kind to you. I. Gods waiting, 1. We can rest in Him, and when we do, it shows we are really trusting in Gods promise. When the danger is over the people shall dwell in Zion, at Jerusalem, as they used to do; they shall dwell safely, free from the fear of evil. The mistakes occasioned by the similitude of the letters daleth and resh are very frequent, as the reader may have already observed. They cannot wait Gods time, nor exercise submission to his will. For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall you be saved ( Isaiah 30:15 ); Don't go to Egypt. If he correct his children, it is with judgment (Jeremiah 10:24), with moderation and discretion, considering their frame. And those whose names are not found written in the book of life are cast into the lake that burns with fire" ( Revelation 20:13 , Revelation 20:15 ). 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. That's ridiculous! Web2 For without consulting me, you have gone down to Egypt for help. What a wonderful thing it is when Gods people say to wicked and idolatrous things, Get away!. Judah had no business trusting in Egypt for help against the Assyrians, but they should have trusted the LORD instead, because the LORD would take care of the Assyrians. He will be very gracious to you at the sound of your cry, Though the Lord gives you the bread of adversity and the water of afflictionyour eyes shall see your teachers, bread of adversity and water of affliction, You will also defile the covering of your images of silver, You will throw them away as an unclean thing, In the day that the LORD binds up the bruise of His people and heals the stroke of their wound, Behold, the name of the LORD comes from afar, burning with His anger, to sift the nations with the sieve of futility, You shall have a songand gladness of heart as when one goes with a flute, to come into the mountain of the LORD, The LORD will cause His glorious voice to be heard, For Tophet was established of old, yes for the king it is prepared, He has made it deep and large; its pyre is fire with much wood, Copyright - Enduring Word | . There shall be a high spring-tide of joy in Judah and Jerusalem, upon occasion of the ruin of the Assyrian army, when the Lord binds up the breach of his people, not only saves them from being further wounded, but heals the wounds that have been given them by this invasion and makes up all their losses. Is It Ok for Christians to Follow Zodiac Signs? For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem; thou shalt weep no more; he will surely be gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear, he will answer thee. a. In one sense, it was wise and good for Judah to understand that they needed help and were willing to look outside of themselves for help. A God of judgment.Better, of righteousness. iii. Isaiah 1. When the people woke up, there were 185,000 dead Assyrian soldiers. ", You can read into that whatever you want. Because God is infinitely wise, those are truly happy who refer their cause to him. WebIsaiah 30:18 - Therefore the Lord longs to be gracious to you, And therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you. To cease from before us.. "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. Jesus said of Gehenna, "Where the worm dies not, neither is the fire quenched" ( Mark 9:44 ). Sounds like a supernova. But mercy exalts the goodness of the person who gives it. And as a banner on a hill. Now we're coming back to the local situation. b. The Lord wiped out the Assyrian army. He will wait, that he may do it in the best and fittest time, when it will be most for his glory, when it will come to you with the most pleasing surprise. Blessed are all those who wait for him. 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