They were all ashamed of a people who could not benefit them, 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. 2. Web1. Whence this word shall come--from behind thee, from some one whom thou dost not see, but who sees thee. Or whenever you turn to the left. In large pastures. He is the great teacher who punishes his people when they turn from him, so that they might see their wrongdoing, give up their sinful ways and return to walk in the ways of God (20-22). What the word shall be: "This is the way, walk you in it. The last 27 chapters prophesy the restoration of the nation of Israel and a new creation in God\'s glorious future kingdom. "No, the Bible does say that," and they can show you scriptures where hell is not a place of eternal punishment. The northern kingdom of Israel would soon be conquered by Assyria, and the people of Israel would be taken into exile. For thus says the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel: The viper and fiery flying serpent, 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. Woe unto those that take counsel but not from God. 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. v. All of these things together mean a real trust in Gods promise, and it means that we shall be saved, and it means that we will find strength. And, We will ride on swift horses To come into the mountain of the LORD, Now this is what the prophet Isaiah kept telling Hezekiah, "Don't worry about it. A bulge in a high wall, col. 3551. y "quamvis", so this particle is often used; see Noldius, p. 399. Idolaters are said to be mad upon their idols (Jeremiah 50:38), doatingly fond of them. God's going to wipe out the Assyrian. They want to hear only those things that please them (9-11). 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. But the sense seems to be, that God would be so forbearing that his character would be "exalted," that is, that people would have more elevated conceptions of his truth, mercy, and faithfulness. With scattering, tempest, and hailstones. They knew that Assyria was marching. As the LORD saw it, Egypt was no substance, just a shadow. To strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, He will surely deliver them in due season; but they cannot tarry till the hour cometh; like children, they snatch at unripe fruit. For the Lord is a God of justice. But Assyria's not going to wipe out you. Blessed are all that wait for him. There will be on every high mountain The breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, WebIsaiah 30:18 But GODs not finished. Or (taking the previous clause as Maurer, "Therefore Jehovah will delay" in punishing you, "in order that He may be gracious to you," if ye repent), He will be far removed from you (so in Ps 10:5, far above out sight); that is, He will not immediately descend to punish, "in order that He may have mercy," &c. judgmentjustice; faithfulness to His covenant. Children who will not hear the law of the LORD; 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." Its pyre is fire with much wood; [2.] If the sun should go into supernova, it would just about do in the earth. But he said, "Those who are chasing you will have faster horses than you do.". You shall weep no more. Now, hope is nothing else than steadfastness of faith, that is, when we wait calmly till the Lord fulfil what he has promised. From which came the lioness and lion, For a nation of farmers, it was a wonderful promise to make them fat and plentiful. The Prophet now adds consolation; for hitherto he threatened to such an extent that almost all the godly might be thrown into despair. How foolishly mad they had formerly been upon their idols, in the day of their apostasy. The Lord is the God who does the right thing, so he will bless everyone who waits for his help. The word means the place of a burning fire. WebGod Will Bless His People. But when you talk about Gehenna, you're talking about something else; Tophet, it's been ordained of old. x. 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. "And therefore will Jehovah wait, that he may be gracious unto you; and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for Jehovah is a God of justice; blessed are all they that wait for him. It reminds us of the book of Revelation, chapter 16, as the Lord is pouring out the vials of His wrath upon the earth. 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. For the princes were there at Zoan, and the ambassadors they came to Hanes [the major cities of Egypt in that day]. We What is the way? And again, I will not consume thee, but will chastise thee in judgment. Yet your teachers will not be moved into a corner anymore, t Gloss, in T. Bab. 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 through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod ( Isaiah 30:28-31 ). Isaiah starts with the real day of the Lord. Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the website, refusing them will have impact how our site functions. It is promised that their eyes should see their teachers, that is, that they should have faithful teachers among them, and should have hearts to regard them and not slight them as they had done; and then they might the better be reconciled to the bread of adversity and the water of affliction. He shall not spare. For through the voice of the LORD (1-4) A flood of judgment upon the drunkards of Ephraim. These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features. 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. "The word behind thee " (Isaiah 30:21). No way! (3.) i. Isaiah 1. Only God can reconcile mercy and justice, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus (Romans 3:26). WebMatthew Henry Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 30:8-17. You'll have a little while to read them. The truth is that Gods people are here portrayed rejoicing at his judgment on sin because they must take his point of view on everything, and because this judgment is at the same time their salvation. (Grogan). 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. And trust in oppression and perversity, 2 Kings 19:35 describes how God sent the angel of the LORD and killed 185,000 Assyrians in one night. Whose breaking comes suddenly, in an instant. In particular, [1.] Shall be your humiliation. i. The Lord appears to lie still or to sleep, so long as he permits his Church to be assailed by the outrages of wicked men; and the customary language of Scripture is to say that he sits, or lies unemployed, when he does not defend his Church. And His tongue like a devouring fire. Tools Isa 30:19 WebVerse Isaiah 30:19. A shard to take fire from the hearth, 24 The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan. Because God is infinitely wise, those are truly happy who refer their cause to him. He will surely deliver them in due season; but they cannot tarry till the hour cometh; like children, they snatch at unripe fruit. 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. Veritas non qurit angulos--Truth seeks no corners for concealment. 1. a. They could have trusted God for His promise. (3.) It is actually the Gehenna of the New Testament. Otherwise you will be prompted again when opening a new browser window or new a tab. God will be gracious to them and will have mercy on them. (2.) Be quiet before Him and before others. We've observed many stars as they are about to die. And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you. I don't worry about that. I don't want to hear that. They didnt need to look to Egypt to help at all. One thousand shall flee at the threat of one, In the day of the great slaughter, This section is also structurally chiastic. 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. I can hardly wait.Shall we stand.May the Lord be with you and bless you and keep you in His love and grace. 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. People today are seeking counsel, but not from God. WebIsaiah 30:18 New International Version 18 Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. In a naturally dry land, it was a wonderful promise to give abundant rivers and streams of waters. The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan. He is not like us, therefore; he does not act with bustling or hurry, otherwise at every moment we must perish, but he calmly waits. The bread of adversity and the water of affliction, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. Loving the Lord. God will then give them plenty of all good things. Who walk to go down to Egypt. You are free to opt out any time or opt in for other cookies to get a better experience. The Lord wiped out the Assyrian army. Those that join themselves to the Lord must abandon every sin, and say unto it, Get thee hence. Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. That it may be for time to come, And gladness of heart as when one goes with a flute, WebIsaiah 30:18 GODS WORD Translation (GW) 18 The Lord is waiting to be kind to you. 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. To cease from before us.. Blessed are all those who long for him. b. 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? The corn shall not be given them in the chaff as usual, to make it go the further, but they shall have good clean corn fit for man's use, being winnowed with the fan. This was shown at the cross, where Jesus took the punishment we deserve and Gods justice was satisfied. They were all ashamed of a people who could not benefit them: The ambassadors of Egypt came to Judah and saw that Judah had nothing to give them. Click to enable/disable _gid - Google Analytics Cookie. In the fourth vial He gives power unto the sun to scorch men who dwell upon the earth. If there is conspicuous disobedience in our lives, we must return to the LORDs ways. How glorious to be led of the Spirit and having God say, "This is the way, walk in it." Shall be your shame, And here he is saying, "Your strength is just to sit still and trust in God.". But those that will wait upon God will be delivered.". But a shame and also a reproach. See? The people of God will celebrate their victory with much gladness and singing (29), but the Assyrians will be destroyed without mercy, as if burnt in a huge bonfire (30-33). It is so in spiritual fruit; we must take pains with our hearts and then wait on God for his grace. "Aionios posto aionios" in the Greek, the strongest term there is for expressing eternity--from the ages through the ages. Gehenna, Tophet, this is the second death. And God will do what is right and what is fair.But my great concern is with that new model that He's preparing for me. 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 will also defile the covering of your images of silver: The people of Judah kept household idols that they used to honor or worship other gods. Revelation, chapter 20, when he sees the great white throne judgment of God, "and death and hell delivereth up their dead. For the people shall dwell in Zion - "When a holy people shall dwell in Sion"] , Septuagint; am kadosh. 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. 2. (1-2) God exposes the sin of those who put their trust in Egypt. a. Why? 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). And as a banner on a hill. 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. You can check these in your browser security settings. Web30:8-18 The Jews were the only professing people God then had in the world, yet many among them were rebellious. WebIsaiah 30 Trust In the LORD, Not In Egypt A. a. In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and confidence shall be your strength: God offered to Judah the promise of protection from Assyria. 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. II. b. Assyria will be beaten down: In the near view, Isaiah saw the judgment of the LORD against Assyria. Therefore I have called her In raging fury and flame of consuming fire, in tempest, and rainstorm, and hail. "[20] The fulfillment of the first promise was a proof of the certainty of the latter one. This verse is the commencement of the annunciation of the blessings which should yet be conferred on them. As God has not left himself without witness, so he has not left us without guides to show us our way. But rather than turning to God for counsel and for help, they were sending ambassadors down to Egypt to make a mutual defense pact with Egypt so that they could hire the Egyptians to come and to help defend them against the Assyrians. And woe unto those that are seeking counsel but not from God. The rich clothes wherewith their images were dressed up they cast away as a filthy cloth which rendered those that touched it unclean until the evening,Leviticus 15:23. Egypt would sit idly by as the Assyrians trouble Judah. A rebuke to those in Judah who looked to Egypt for deliverance. And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err. Therefore this iniquity shall be to you Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and your trust in the shadow of Egypt will only bring you confusion. 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. 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. God's Word "behind Israel" would most certainly mean that they were not "following" the Lord, but that they had sinfully gone onward away from him. Copyright 2023, Bible Study Tools. Isaiah 4. It's going to decline. 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. Despite the riches that the pack animals bring across the desert, Egypt would not help Judah at all, so one could call Egypt Rahab-Hem-Shebeth, which means Rahab Sits Idle or Rahab the Do-Nothing. Rahab is a name, but it is also the Hebrew word for pride, and is sometimes used as a title for Egypt (Psalm 87:4). Get Your Bible Minute in Your Inbox Every Morning, And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you Or "yet" F17, 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. i. At the threat of five you shall flee, In the day that the LORD binds up the bruise of His people and heals the stroke of their wound: Better than the material blessing of the LORD is His loving care. "Henry's Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible". Judah wanted to hear from the prophets and Gods messengers, but they did not want to hear the truth from them. GOD takes the time to do everything 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. 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. 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 ). To sift the nations with the sieve of futility; ((u) "dum miserabitur vestri"; so some in Vatablus. ( a) Who contrary to their promise take not me for their protector and contrary to my commandment seek help from strangers. WebIsaiah 30:18 - Therefore the Lord longs to be gracious to you, And therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you. Read commentary on this popular Bible verse and understand the real meaning behind God's Word using John Gill's Exposition of the Which has been winnowed with the shovel and fan. Get out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us. (x) "mavit rem", Golius, col. 922. Then God will pour out upon them the blessings of nature to an extent they have never before experienced (23-26). So hell will come to an end. 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