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. You devise plans but are they of Gods Spirit? Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, Whose glorious beauty is a fading flower Which is at the head of the verdant valleys, To those who are overcome with wine! Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel: To make the former statement more plain, we must lay down this principle, that God exercises moderation in inflicting punishment, because he is inclined to mercy. b. Assyria will be beaten down: In the near view, Isaiah saw the judgment of the LORD against Assyria. I. They are many of them going to ungodly psychiatrists who are filled with humanism and Freudism. When the towers fall. Now just trust in the Lord." IV. Egypt would sit idly by as the Assyrians trouble Judah. But the prophet said it's stupid to call on Egypt for help, because Assyria's going to wipe out Egypt. iv. 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 then they will be cast into Gehenna. Which is broken in pieces; a. Or to take water from the cistern.. "He will wait to be gracious (Isaiah 30:18; Isaiah 30:18); he will wait till you return to him and seek his face, and then he will be ready to meet you with mercy. 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. Your land shall be Canaan indeed; it was remarkably so after the defeat of Sennacherib, by the special blessing of God, Isaiah 37:30; Isaiah 37:30. I personally just leave it alone. Boldness and joy in the day of judgment are precious gifts from God. Yea, if I descend into hell, lo, Thou art there." (3.) [2.] I. Gods waiting, 1. Be quiet before Him and before others. God is going to fight for you. EHV But the Lord is eager to be gracious to you. Veritas non qurit angulos--Truth seeks no corners for concealment. ii. To a people who shall not profit; It must not be so with you, my brethren, you must learn a better way. (Spurgeon). The word kadosh, lost out of the text, but happily supplied by the Septuagint, clears up 2 Kings 19:36-37 describes how when the king of the Assyrians returned home after attacking Judah, his own sons murdered him as he worshipped in the temple of Nisroch his god. Until now the emphasis in this "woe" was on human activity, but now divine activity takes the spotlight, especially Gods faithfulness ultimately (Isaiah 30:18-26) and imminently (Isaiah 30:27-33). Death and hell are going to give up their dead which are in them. ((u) "dum miserabitur vestri"; so some in Vatablus. Blessed are all that wait for him. The Lords people will be safe in his Day: their part will be to sing amid the judgments of God. i. CONTENTS: Warnings against alliance with Egypt against Sennacherib and exhortation to turn to the Lord for help. 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. It seems that their teachers had been removed into corners (probably being forced to shift for their safety in the reign of Ahaz), but it shall be so no more. They cannot wait Gods time, nor exercise submission to his will. 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 God's going to defend you. If you do not want that we track your visit to our site you can disable tracking in your browser here: We also use different external services like Google Webfonts, Google Maps, and external Video providers. The Lord will wait, that he may be gracious unto you. r "significat anhelat, vel inhiat", Forerius. Nederlandstalige Bijbelstudies door Stan Marinussen, Who walk to go down to Egypt. 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. From which came the lioness and lion, In Jesus' name. For the Lord is a God of judgment - He will do what is right. Like a breach ready to fall, "Henry's Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible". 2 Kings 19:35 describes how God sent the angel of the LORD and killed 185,000 Assyrians in one night. And trust in the shadow of Egypt WebIsaiah 30:18 - Summarized Bible Commentary. (x) "mavit rem", Golius, col. 922. It's a shadow. "Complete Commentary on Isaiah 30:18". He will be very gracious to you at the sound of your cry; 97. 30:4 For his c princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes. "No, the Bible does say that," and they can show you scriptures where hell is not a place of eternal punishment. i. Trusting Gods promise means returning. For Tophet [interesting scripture, Tophet] is ordained of old ( Isaiah 30:32-33 ); Tophet is hell. And, We will ride on swift horses They wanted religion, but they didnt want the living God of heaven to have a real presence in their lives (Cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us). 2. They could not find in their hearts to make any vessel of honour of them. 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. WebIsaiah 30:18 - Therefore the Lord longs to be gracious to you, And therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you. 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. God will be gracious to them and will have mercy on them. Verse Isaiah 30:18. Web30:18 And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be q gracious to you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD [is] a God of (r) Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. b. In a naturally dry land, it was a wonderful promise to give abundant rivers and streams of waters. (2.) If in poverty, they are in haste to be rich; and they shall not long be innocent. And his ambassadors came to Hanes. 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. His lips are full of indignation, 20 And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: 21 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. This is what he aims at in having mercy on his people." As He strikes with the rod. For through the voice of the LORD Proud member It warns them of what will happen to them if they continue to oppose God. The Hebrew word for hell (gehenna) comes from the word for the Valley of Hinnom. Yet your teachers will not be moved into a corner anymore, The word means the place of a burning fire. Just return and rest in the Lord and there you'll be safe. They must have their desire instantaneously fulfilled, or else they are ready to take wrong means of attaining it. "The word behind thee " (Isaiah 30:21). Great men, if not good, shall be greatly tormented; and the more they have of the fat of the earth, the more they are sure to fry in hell. (Trapp), iii. WebHe wants to rise and comfort you. (1.) Trusting Gods promise means quietness. Its pyre is fire with much wood; And there are a lot of interesting implications to the sun going into a supernova state of the effect that it would have upon the earth and so forth. In the day that the LORD binds up the bruise of His people What is the way? To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Judah would be like a shattered clay pot, which is broken in pieces. You take counsel but is it of the LORD? a. The closing words of the foregoing paragraph (You shall be left as a beacon upon a mountain) some understand as a promise that a remnant of them should be reserved as monuments of mercy; and here the prophet tells them what good times should succeed these calamities. 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. One thousand shall flee at the threat of one, He will continually follow you with his favours, and not let slip any opportunity of being gracious to you." (2.) But you would not, "Aionios posto aionios" in the Greek, the strongest term there is for expressing eternity--from the ages through the ages. This is the foundation of all good. May your mind and heart be clear, sensitive to God and to the things of the Spirit. 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. "[20] The fulfillment of the first promise was a proof of the certainty of the latter one. 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 ( Isaiah 30:17-18 ). Certain of Gods people are in trouble and distress, and they are eager for immediate rescue. 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. Nor is it a slight confirmation of this when he adds, that God gives a proof of his glory by pardoning his people. It is all useless, bringing neither help nor advantage. This verse is the commencement of the annunciation of the blessings which should yet be conferred on them. We'll get on horses and we'll flee." Observe, (1.) The sense is, that in some period subsequent to the calamities that Therefore, to do what Judah did in this situation is to add sin to sin. It was promised (Isaiah 30:19; Isaiah 30:19), that they should weep no more and that God would be gracious to them; and yet here it is taken for granted that God may give them the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, prisoners' fare (1 Kings 22:27), coarse and sorry food, such as the poor use. Distant restoration in spite of unfaithfulness 30:18-26. A God of judgment.Better, of righteousness. They cannot wait Gods time, nor exercise submission to his will. Rahab-Hem-Shebeth. If some guilty criminal stands before the judge, he has the choice to show either mercy or justice. Therefore the LORD will wait, that He may be gracious to you; "The promises of Isaiah 30:20-22 describe the days of the new covenant (Jeremiah 31:31ff), and not the final glory";[21] because there remains here the element of adversity, tribulation. They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be able to help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach. It is written concerning "all the saints of God," that, "Through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God" (Acts 14:22). It has been ordained of old, a place that God has ordained. For you said, No; we will flee upon horses ( Isaiah 30:15-16 ); "We'll get away from the Assyrians. 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. At the threat of five you shall flee, And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall show the lighting down of his arm, and the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, the tempest, and hailstones. Shall be your humiliation. Copyright StatementThese files are public domain and are a derivative of an electronic edition that is available on the Christian Classics Ethereal Library Website. Burning with His anger, 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 ). Now there are those who say, "Well, hell is not a place of eternal punishment." To strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh: This prophecy was given at a time when the Assyrian army was attacking Israel and Judah. It might be thought that he lay still when he gave loose reins to the Chaldeans to oppress the Jews; and therefore the Prophet says, that the Lord will arise and ascend his judgment-seat. Listening to the Lord. He knows that the journey is a waste of time, money and effort (6). The bread of adversity and the water of affliction, And gladness of heart as when one goes with a flute, You arent given to despair or fear because you trust Gods promise. 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. We fully respect if you want to refuse cookies but to avoid asking you again and again kindly allow us to store a cookie for that. III. And Tophet is ordained of old. 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. Lying children, When it gives up its dead to stand before God at the judgment bar. I don't want to hear that. col. 3551. (s) "et propterea exaltabit se", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus; "elaturus est se", Junius & Tremellius. And as a banner on a hill. All they that wait for him.This waiting is, as in the first clause, that of wistful longing. (w) Animadv. 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 ). 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. And then chapter 35, the glorious light at the end of the tunnel after the earth goes through the Great Tribulation of chapter 34, coming into chapter 35, glorious Kingdom Age. To the Mighty One of Israel. 3. 2. 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. How glorious to be led of the Spirit and having God say, "This is the way, walk in it." 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. The preface is very awful. 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. Therefore the Lord longs to be gracious to you, And therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you. Observe, 1. However, Gods people do not need to fear: You shall have a songand gladness of heart as when one goes with a flute, to come into the mountain of the LORD. Changes will take effect once you reload the page. 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