He will surely deliver them in due season; but they cannot tarry till the hour cometh; like children, they snatch at unripe fruit. In the fourth vial He gives power unto the sun to scorch men who dwell upon the earth. Please see our Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. 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) If there is conspicuous disobedience in our lives, we must return to the LORDs ways. Alert unto the Lord in these last days when the world around you is walking in its drunken stupor. In raging fury and flame of consuming fire, in tempest, and rainstorm, and hail. 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. The Prophet now adds consolation; for hitherto he threatened to such an extent that almost all the godly might be thrown into despair. When we understand how Gods perfect judgment exalts His justice and His righteousness, we see the glory of the judgment of the LORD. It must not be so with you, my brethren, you must learn a better way. (Spurgeon), You shall weep no more. 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. Gods waiting and mans-bold and beautiful, that He and we should be represented as sharing the same attitude. "No, the Bible does say that," and they can show you scriptures where hell is not a place of eternal punishment. 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. Outright disobedience is never consistent with real trust in Gods promise. They'll overtake you. a. 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. 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. The burden against the beasts of the South. The deliverance God shall work for them shall convince them that it is their interest, as well as duty, to serve him only; and they shall own that, as their trouble was brought upon them for their idolatries, so it was removed upon condition that they should not return to them. It will be with tambourines and harps; Blessed are all those who wait for him. 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. The children of Israel didn't have to fight them. Concord. To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. 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. 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. a. Herein he is very gracious indeed. He rises to have compassion on you. They were all ashamed of a people who could not benefit them, 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. You shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence. And to trust in the shadow of Egypt!. "quaesivit, expetivit, voluit", Castel. When we trust God, we dont have to strive for ourselves. Loving the Lord. Why? He waits on high to have mercy on you, for the Lord is a God of justice. b. Assyria will be beaten down: In the near view, Isaiah saw the judgment of the LORD against Assyria. My eternal future with the Lord, that's the thing that can really get me excited.Go ahead and read your next five chapters. But when you talk about Gehenna, you're talking about something else; Tophet, it's been ordained of old. (s) "et propterea exaltabit se", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus; "elaturus est se", Junius & Tremellius. And then they will be cast into Gehenna. 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. If God gives us not only the word, but the hearing ear, not only the means of grace, but a heart to make a good use of those means, we have reason to say, He is very gracious to us, and reason to hope he has yet further mercy in store for us. ((u) "dum miserabitur vestri"; so some in Vatablus. That seek to find a covering but not from the Spirit. i. Trusting Gods promise means returning. Woe unto those that take counsel but not from God. This section is also structurally chiastic. The mercy in store for them is very affectingly expressed. It was foolish for the leaders of Judah to trust in a nation that looked at them this way. To the Mighty One of Israel. "Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly" ( Psalms 1:1 ). And there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, One of the current popular errors regards the so-called "rapture" of the church in which God's people shall escape tribulation. If you refuse cookies we will remove all set cookies in our domain. The great distress they were reduced to, their despair of relief, and the suddenness of their deliverance, would much augment their joy. It was a common saying among the old Puritans, Brown bread and the gospel are good fare. EHV But the Lord is eager to be gracious to you. The description of these blessings is continued to Isaiah 30:26. Hades. They shall not again know the want of the means of grace, Isaiah 30:20; Isaiah 30:21. A God of judgment.Better, of righteousness. 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. a. You will say to them, Get away!, a. When he shall hear it, there needs no more; at the first word he will answer thee, and say, Here I am." And they are giving you the garbage and charging you a hundred dollars an hour for garbage. Or be help or benefit, But this will always prompt you to accept/refuse cookies when revisiting our site. That this is a rebellious people, lying childrenwho say to the seers, Do not see: God wanted Judahs rejection of His message, and His messengers, to be documented. Like a breach ready to fall, (4.) What is the way? 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 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. They'll chase you. Whenever you turn to the right hand God will then give them plenty of all good things. 2. 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. 2. For Tophet was established of old, w Animadv. He will be very gracious to you at the sound of your cry: When Gods people wait on Him and patiently trust His promise, God pours out His grace at the cry of their heart. For the princes were there at Zoan, and the ambassadors they came to Hanes [the major cities of Egypt in that day]. Isaiah starts with the real day of the Lord. 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). For you said, No; we will flee upon horses ( Isaiah 30:15-16 ); "We'll get away from the Assyrians. Egypt would sit idly by as the Assyrians trouble Judah. (2.) Judah wanted to hear from the prophets and Gods messengers, but they did not want to hear the truth from them. Then God will pour out upon them the blessings of nature to an extent they have never before experienced (23-26). And again, I will not consume thee, but will chastise thee in judgment. As the LORD saw it, Egypt was no substance, just a shadow. Who take counsel, but not of Me, 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. "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. But those that will wait upon God will be delivered.". Yet your teachers will not be moved into a corner anymore, Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel: Yea, if I descend into hell, lo, Thou art there." 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. If some guilty criminal stands before the judge, he has the choice to show either mercy or justice. 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. (r) judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him. (r) "significat anhelat, vel inhiat", Forerius. For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem; To cease from before us.. Click on the different category headings to find out more. Copyright 2023, Bible Study Tools. Copyright StatementThese files are public domain and are a derivative of an electronic edition that is available on the Christian Classics Ethereal Library Website. d. Blessed are all those who wait for Him: Because God is so great, there is a built-in blessing for those who wait for Him. 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. Boldness and joy in the day of judgment are precious gifts from God. Cause the Holy One of Israel Which reaches up to the neck, 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. I don't worry about that. p. 56. God would thus repair the losses they sustained by that devastation. Sanhedrin, fol. c. One thousand shall flee at the threat of one: This is a reversal of the promise of Leviticus 26:8, and a fulfillment of the curse promised in Leviticus 26:17: I will set My face against you, and you shall be defeated by your enemies. Causing them to err. 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. Its pyre is fire with much wood; Isaiah 4. There will be on every high mountain They had the light, but they loved darkness For his princes were at Zoan, 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. 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. Therefore, to do what Judah did in this situation is to add sin to sin. And trust in the shadow of Egypt The LORD promises a day when they will defile those images and throw them away as an unclean thing. 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. Isaiah 3. 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