2. We use cookies to let us know when you visit our websites, how you interact with us, to enrich your user experience, and to customize your relationship with our website. He will spare the nation still; and yet establish among them the true religion, and they shall flourish. And the astronomers have watched these stars in supernovas. At the same time, God shows mercy by extending the work of Jesus to us as payment for our sins. This is an inference from the former statement, in which he called Jehovah a God of judgment. While he thus restrains himself, he draws from it an exhortation to patience and waiting, and makes use of a part of the same verb, wait, which he had formerly used. 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. That's where I can get excited and really get into the glorious future that I have with Him. c. For the LORD is a God of justice: On the surface, mercy and justice seem to oppose each other. And on every high hill The prophet, having shown that those who made Egypt their confidence would be ashamed of it, here shows that those who sat still and made God alone their confidence would have the comfort of it. God will be gracious to them and will have mercy on them. It reminds us of the book of Revelation, chapter 16, as the Lord is pouring out the vials of His wrath upon the earth. It is one sin to reject the LORD, and another sin altogether to trust in something else. Why? The people of God would come to hate their idols so much that they would throw them away as readily as they would throw away a used menstrual cloth. 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. What the word shall be: "This is the way, walk you in it. His breath is like an overflowing stream, In the day of the great slaughter, The Lord will wait, that he may be gracious unto you. (x) "mavit rem", Golius, col. 922. 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. And you said, No, for we will flee on horses Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our website and application for you in order to enhance your experience. But you would not, and you said, No, for we will flee on horses Therefore you shall flee: Because Judah rejected Gods promise, and trusted in horses and other such things instead, they would need to flee! When we trust God, we dont have to strive for ourselves. In that day your cattle will feed They could have trusted God for His promise. Salem Media Group. Mercy does nothing to exalt the person who receives it; mercy recognizes the guilt of the one who deserves the punishment. If we adhere to the existing text, we must take the meaning will withdraw himself on high, will seem to wait, that He may at last interpose effectually. Or the first words in this paragraph may be read by way of antithesis, Notwithstanding this, yet will the Lord wait that he may be gracious. Isaiah 2. 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", Psalm 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. They shall not again know the want of the means of grace, Isaiah 30:20; Isaiah 30:21. There will be on every high mountain They not only degraded their images, but defaced them, not only defaced them, but defiled them; they not only spoiled the shape of them, but in a pious fury threw away the gold and silver they were made of, though otherwise valuable and convertible to a good use. 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. Trusting Gods promise means rest. It shows that you really trust Him. They will carry their riches on the backs of young donkeys, And who devise plans, but not of My Spirit, The Lords people will be safe in his Day: their part will be to sing amid the judgments of God. 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. 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, And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be. Get on their horses, head to Egypt, escape from. 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. God would thus repair the losses they sustained by that devastation. 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 ). Due to security reasons we are not able to show or modify cookies from other domains. The Lord wiped out the Assyrian army. To all that love God and their own souls this return of faithful teachers out of their corners, especially with a promise that they shall not be removed into corners any more, is the most acceptable part of any deliverance, and has comfort enough in it to sweeten even the bread of adversity and the water of affliction. 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. (3.) "Tophet is ordained of old." WebIsaiah 30:18 10/9/16 Intro A. I have experienced a heightened awareness of Gods love for Israel this week. The northern kingdom of Israel would soon be conquered by Assyria, and the people of Israel would be taken into exile. The burden against the beasts of the South: Isaiah proclaimed a burden against the pack animals of Judah, which would carry the riches of Judah down to Egypt, through the wilderness, in a foolish attempt to purchase protection against the Assyrians. Revelation, chapter 20, when he sees the great white throne judgment of God, "and death and hell delivereth up their dead. Behold, the name of the LORD comes from afar, burning with His anger: Isaiah sees the judgment of the LORD quickly coming, to sift the nations with the sieve of futility. They were all ashamed of a people who could not benefit them, So then, regarding Assyria in the here and now, they will be shattered, Judah will sing, the funeral pyre is ready and so is the fire. (Motyer), (c) 2021 The Enduring Word Bible Commentary by David Guzik ewm@enduringword.com. But when you talk about Gehenna, you're talking about something else; Tophet, it's been ordained of old. Children who will not hear the law of the LORD; Or whenever you turn to the left. Help us purchase electrical generators for churches. 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 ). It is happy then if by the particular counsels of a faithful minister or friend, or the checks of conscience and the strivings of God's Spirit, we be set right and prevented from going wrong. And his ambassadors came to Hanes. They say unto it, Abi hinc in malam rem--Get thee hence. Certain of Gods people are in trouble and distress, and they are eager for immediate rescue. WebIsaiah 30:1-18 New International Version Woe to the Obstinate Nation 30 Woe to the obstinate children, declares the Lord, to those who carry out plans that are not mine, Speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits. Now some of the more wealthy people were escaping to Egypt when they saw this Assyrian invasion coming. One of the current popular errors regards the so-called "rapture" of the church in which God's people shall escape tribulation. To sift the nations with the sieve of futility; (1.) We have the best Protector, the best Guard in God. WebIsaiah 30:18 But GODs not finished. col. 3551. Those who hate you shall reign over you, and you shall flee when no one pursues you. Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever ( Isaiah 30:8 ): Write it down for them so that when God does, you can take the book out and say, "Look, this is what I told you. And bread of the increase of the earth; And to the prophets, Do not prophesy to us right things; You have put your trust in Pharaohs protection. Click to enable/disable _gat_* - Google Analytics Cookie. The sense is, that in some period subsequent to the calamities that It is actually the Gehenna of the New Testament. But Assyria's not going to wipe out you. 1706.return to 'Jump List'. You devise plans but are they of Gods Spirit? All rights reserved. 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. Which the LORD lays on him, 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. The children of Israel didn't have to fight them. Through a land of trouble and anguish, Blessed are all they that wait for him - This seems to have been recorded to encourage them, when the threatened calamities should come upon them, to put their confidence in God, and to trust that he would yet appear and restore the nation to himself. If in poverty, they are in haste to be rich; and they shall not long be innocent. 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. And Hades is hell; Gehenna is another place. How glorious to be led of the Spirit and having God say, "This is the way, walk in it." They had the light, but they loved darkness rather. For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem; Therefore you shall flee! 2. 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. They cannot wait Gods time, nor exercise submission to his will. Let us therefore not judge of love or hatred by what is before us. And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you,. Or "yet" q, or "nevertheless" though such an utter destruction shall be made, there are a few that the Lord has a good will unto, and therefore waits till the set time comes to arise and have mercy on them; he has taken up thoughts and resolutions of grace and favour concerning them, and has fixed the time when he will show it; and he is, as it were, panting and longing after it, as the word r used signifies, as some have observed, until it is up; he waits for the fittest and most proper time to show mercy; when things are brought to the worst, to the greatest extremity, and when his people are brought to a sense of their danger, and of their sins, and to repentance for them, and to see their need of his help and salvation, and to implore it, and to depend upon him for it; then, in the mount of difficulty, and in the most seasonable time, does the Lord appear; and hereby the mercy is the sweeter to them, and his grace is the more magnified towards them: so he waits to be gracious to his people in conversion; he is gracious before; he is of a gracious disposition; he is inclined, nay, resolved, to show favour to them; yea, he has done various acts of grace before, such as their election in Christ, the provision of a Saviour for them in the covenant, putting all grace into his hands for them, the redemption of them by him, and the adoption of them into his family; but in conversion there is an open exhibition and display of the grace of God; much grace is then shown in applying pardoning grace, a justifying righteousness, and salvation by Christ unto them; by many love visits, and by opening the treasures of his grace unto them, as well as by implanting much grace in them, as faith, hope, love, and every other: now there is a fixed time for all this; and, until that time comes, the Lord waits to be gracious; this is his longsuffering towards his elect, which issues in their salvation; he does not cut them off in their sins; he bears much and long with them, and, as it were, longs till the time comes to unbosom himself to them, and bestow his favours on them; and so, after conversion, he waits and observes the fittest time to deliver them out of afflictions, temptations, c. 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. w Animadv. a. The prophet must not only preach this, but he must write it (Isa. That it may be for time to come, 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. For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Your strength is just to sit still ( Isaiah 30:3-7 ). 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, WebHe wants to rise and comfort you. And heals the stroke of their wound. Its always better to be uncomfortable and in tune with the Lord than to be comfortable and out of step with God. The description of these blessings is continued to Isaiah 30:26. be exaltedMen will have more elevated views of God's mercy; or else, "He will rise up to pity you" [G. V. Smith]. 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. (r) Not only in punishing but in using moderation in the same, as in Jer 10:24,30:11. A God of judgment.Better, of righteousness. 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. For the Lord is a God of justice. (1-4) A flood of judgment upon the drunkards of Ephraim. i. 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. And as a banner on a hill. Philolog. Click to enable/disable _gid - Google Analytics Cookie. Which has been winnowed with the shovel and fan. To cease from before us.. A bulge in a high wall, 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. 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. Be quiet before Him and before others. Web(Read Isaiah 30:8-18) The Jews were the only professing people God then had in the world, yet many among them were rebellious. For the princes were there at Zoan, and the ambassadors they came to Hanes [the major cities of Egypt in that day]. For the LORD is a God of justice; It is probable that this was fulfilled in the letter of it, and that about the same time that that army was cut off there were extraordinary rains in mercy to the land. 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. The first thought is-why should He wait-why does He not act at once? Judahs reliance on Egypt is against Gods will and in the end will bring only disgrace upon Judah (30:1-5).Isaiah pictures the dangerous journey, as a caravan of donkeys and camels carry Judahs payment through the dry southern region of Judah towards Egypt. It was fulfilled in the body of the Jewish nation at their return from their captivity in Babylon, for they abhorred idols ever after; and it is accomplished daily in the conversion of souls, by the power of divine grace, from spiritual idolatry to the fear and love of God. Woe to the rebellious children, says the LORD, That seek to find a covering but not from the Spirit. But this is not all: 3. For the Egyptians shall help in vain and to no purpose. Web1. a. "[20] The fulfillment of the first promise was a proof of the certainty of the latter one. ". This is the foundation of all good. iv. WebDavid Guzik commentary on Isaiah 32, which promises the blessings that will come from the coming king, who will reign in righteousness. ( b) They seek shifts to cloak their doings and not godly means. With which you sow the ground, "The word behind thee " (Isaiah 30:21). That the Lord is a God of judgment; he is both wise and just in all the disposals of his providence, true to his word and tender of his people. II. Sounds like the sun will go into a supernova. Herein he is very gracious indeed. You always can block or delete cookies by changing your browser settings and force blocking all cookies on this website. Human unfaithfulness does not destroy divine faithfulness (cf. 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. Like a breach ready to fall, They didnt need to look to Egypt to help at all. If under reproach, their heart ferments towards revenge. 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. To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven; but their one season is the present; they cannot, they will not wait. 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. Boldness and joy in the day of judgment are precious gifts from God. The Lord is compassionate, and when you cry to him for help, he will answer you. 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. Probably this was fulfilled in many particular persons, who, by the deliverance of Jerusalem from Sennacherib's army, were convinced of the folly of their idolatry and forsook it. And therefore will he be exalted.A very slight alteration gives a meaning more in harmony with the context, will wait in stillness (Cheyne). Blessed are all that wait for him. That this is a rebellious people, they are lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD: Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Don't prophesy to us right things, but speak smooth things, prophesy deceitfully ( Isaiah 30:9-10 ): Only tell me good things about me. You will throw them away as an unclean thing; You dont need to argue for your side when God is on your side. That therefore all those are blessed who wait for him, who not only wait on him with their prayers, but wait for him with their hopes, who will not take any indirect course to extricate themselves out of their straits, or anticipate their deliverance, but patiently expect God's appearances for them in his own way and time. And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall. Till you are left as a pole on top of a mountain i. Trusting Gods promise means returning. For the Lord is a God of judgment - He will do what is right. Hes waiting around to be gracious to you. You shall weep no more. WebFor the people shall dwell in Zion - (see the note at Isaiah 1:8).The language here is evidently adapted to a return from the captivity. You shall have a song: 1 John 4:17 expresses the same idea: Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. Causing them to err. The mercy in store for them is very affectingly expressed. b. Assyria will be beaten down: In the near view, Isaiah saw the judgment of the LORD against Assyria. a. This is what he means by the word judgment; for it denotes not only punishment, but also the moderation which is exercised in chastening. Jesus said, "Where the worm dies not, neither is the fire quenched. He will surely deliver them in due season; but they cannot tarry till the hour cometh; like children, they snatch at unripe fruit. 30:8), write it in a table, to be hung up and exposed to public view; he must carefully note it, not in loose papers which might be lost or torn, but in a book, to be preserved for posterity, in Veritas non qurit angulos--Truth seeks no corners for concealment. 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