And on every high hill EHV But the Lord is eager to be gracious to you. Those that have exalted themselves, He'll pop them. 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. Due to security reasons we are not able to show or modify cookies from other domains. 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 ). The children of Israel didn't have to fight them. And though the Lord gives you The word means the place of a burning fire. 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 His tongue like a devouring fire. For a nation of farmers, it was a wonderful promise to make them fat and plentiful. But it speaks about "the name of the Lord comes from far, burning in his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation. 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. 2. WebWhat does Isaiah 30:18 mean? A famine of bread is not so great a judgment as a famine of the word of God, Amos 8:11; Amos 8:12. Why? Judah would be like a collapsed wall, whose breaking comes suddenly, in an instant. You devise plans but are they of Gods Spirit? If I ascend into heaven, Thou art there. Yea, if I descend into hell, lo, Thou art there." That's where I can get excited and really get into the glorious future that I have with Him. And according to the scriptures, the smoke of the torment will ascend forever and ever. 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. All they that wait for him.This waiting is, as in the first clause, that of wistful longing. Death and hell would give up the dead that are in them, Hades. A bulge in a high wall, 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). You arent given to despair or fear because you trust Gods promise. (2.) It must not be so with you, my brethren, you must learn a better way. (Spurgeon), You shall weep no more. Blessed are all who wait for The problem God confronted in Judah didnt end in the days of Judah. And gladness of heart as when one goes with a flute, God would thus repair the losses they sustained by that devastation. Get out of the way, And to the prophets, Do not prophesy to us right things; i. Assyria will be beaten down, 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. "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. The Lord is the God who does the right thing, so he will bless everyone who waits for his help. In the day that the LORD binds up the bruise of His people Who walk to go down to Egypt. This was so when it all unfolded exactly as the LORD had spoken, Judah could have greater trust in the LORD. 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. But he said, "Those who are chasing you will have faster horses than you do.". 5 Things You Should Know about the ESV Bible Translation. He will be very gracious (Isaiah 30:19; Isaiah 30:19), and this in answer to prayer, which makes his kindness doubly kind: "He will be gracious to thee, at the voice of thy cry, the cry of thy necessity, when that is most urgent--the cry of thy prayer, when that is most fervent. 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. Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. a. Now go, write it before them on a tabletthat it may be for a time to come, forever and ever: God told Judah this before it happened, and wanted it documented. They shall not again know the want of the means of grace, Isaiah 30:20; Isaiah 30:21. And trust in oppression and perversity, 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. 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. The LORD will cause His glorious voice to be heard, For the Lord is a God of judgment - He will do what is right. 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 LORD promises a day when they will defile those images and throw them away as an unclean thing. Click to enable/disable _gat_* - Google Analytics Cookie. (r) judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him. 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. What a contrast! Gods waiting and mans-bold and beautiful, that He and we should be represented as sharing the same attitude. And we'll get to that as we move along here in Isaiah. 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. And there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, Therefore, to do what Judah did in this situation is to add sin to sin. Web1. 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. The Lord is compassionate, and when you cry to him for help, he will answer you. And a thousand will flee from one man; at the rebuke of five you will flee: till you are left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain. 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. Which has been winnowed with the shovel and fan. Therefore those who pursue you shall be swift! They were all ashamed of a people who could not benefit them, 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). Though the Lord gives you the bread of adversity and the water of afflictionyour eyes shall see your teachers: When Judah was prosperous and comfortable, they wouldnt listen to God. 2. Please see our Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. We can rest in Him, and when we do, it shows we are really trusting in Gods promise. "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." He has made it deep and large; w Animadv. 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. Outright disobedience is never consistent with real trust in Gods promise. Judah wanted to hear from the prophets and Gods messengers, but they did not want to hear the truth from them. Light shall increase; that is, knowledge shall increase (when the prophecies are accomplished they shall be fully understood) or rather triumph shall: the light of the joy that is sown for the righteous shall now come up with a great increase. in Job. You have put your trust in Pharaohs protection. 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. Therefore the strength of Pharaoh We'll get on horses and we'll flee." b. If the sun should go into supernova, it would just about do in the earth. But there's no real substance to Egypt. And here he is saying, "Your strength is just to sit still and trust in God.". a. Don't tell me the truth. They'll overtake you. 2 Timothy 2:13). Yes, for the king it is prepared. If some guilty criminal stands before the judge, he has the choice to show either mercy or justice. If in poverty, they are in haste to be rich; and they shall not long be innocent. x. 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. Revelation, chapter 20, when he sees the great white throne judgment of God, "and death and hell delivereth up their dead. IV. Whenever you turn to the right hand Who walk to go down to Egypt, 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. 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. You can check these in your browser security settings. We have the best Protector, the best Guard in God. in Job. 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). They are resolved never to harbour it any more. 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. Concord. He will surely deliver them in due season; but they cannot tarry till the hour cometh; like children, they snatch at unripe fruit. 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). Turn aside from the path, Sounds like a supernova. You always can block or delete cookies by changing your browser settings and force blocking all cookies on this website. 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