We may request cookies to be set on your device. 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. So there shall not be found among its fragments 2. t Gloss, in T. Bab. We dont have to run all about trying to protect or guard ourselves. col. 3551. y "quamvis", so this particle is often used; see Noldius, p. 399. And so here His indignation, "the tongue as a devouring fire.". Which the LORD lays on him, (1.) And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on 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. ( a) Who contrary to their promise take not me for their protector and contrary to my commandment seek help from strangers. And whether they are consumed and their smoke ascends forever and ever. a. They would sooner rush under the guidance of Satan into some questionable policy, than in childlike simplicity trust in the Lord and do good. If under reproach, their heart ferments towards revenge. 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. Then God will pour out upon them the blessings of nature to an extent they have never before experienced (23-26). Those who hate you shall reign over you, and you shall flee when no one pursues you. Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and your trust in the shadow of Egypt will only bring you confusion. He will surely deliver them in due season; but they cannot tarry till the hour cometh; like children, they snatch at unripe fruit. WebIsaiah 30:18. However, the Assyrian here could also be a type of the antichrist who will be destroyed by the sword that goes forth out of the mouth of Christ when He returns. Now some of the more wealthy people were escaping to Egypt when they saw this Assyrian invasion coming. In particular, [1.] The final place of the wicked dead. Web1. WebHe wants to rise and comfort you. 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. Here, I. They didnt need to look to Egypt to help at all. 19 For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee. 31 For at 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. How Daniels Prophecy of 70 Weeks Connects to the End Times, 4 Ways the Parable of the Sower Encourages Spiritual Growth. God delivered them. As you know this is the time of year when Israel is approaching the Feast of Tabernacles. We have the best Protector, the best Guard in God. And it does sound like the sun will go into a supernova state. God had an eternal place for the Assyrian king who attacked Judah and Jerusalem (He has made it deep and large; its pyre is fire with much wood). Boldness and joy in the day of judgment are precious gifts from God. p. 56. 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. b. Assyria will be beaten down: In the near view, Isaiah saw the judgment of the LORD against Assyria. To cure this vice, he enjoins them to wait, that is, to hope. If you refuse cookies we will remove all set cookies in our domain. (3.) Verse Isaiah 30:18. 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. 18.Therefore will Jehovah wait. Outright disobedience is never consistent with real trust in Gods promise. It must not be so with you, my brethren, you must learn a better way. (Spurgeon), You shall weep no more. 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. All Isaiahs warnings against an alliance with Egypt are in vain. God is going to fight for you. It warns them of what will happen to them if they continue to oppose God. And though the Lord gives you i. Blessed are all those who wait for him. There it is.". i. Death and hell would give up the dead that are in them, Hades. For through the voice of the LORD And they are giving you the garbage and charging you a hundred dollars an hour for garbage. But Assyria's not going to wipe out you. Others translate the words, till he be gracious to you; but I think that the former translation is more appropriate, and it agrees better with the meaning of the particle (lamed.) This is the foundation of all good. WebIsaiah 30:18 But GODs not finished. 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. 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. (r) judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him. Just return and rest in the Lord and there you'll be safe. But your eyes shall see your teachers. WebDavid Guzik commentary on Isaiah 32, which promises the blessings that will come from the coming king, who will reign in righteousness. Forever and ever: Blessed are all those who long for him. A bulge in a high wall, Blessed are all that wait for him. Rivers and streams of waters, 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. Who walk to go down to Egypt. 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. Help us purchase electrical generators for churches. 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. He waits on high to have mercy on you, for the Lord is a God of justice. What Does Isaiah 30:18 Mean? Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you, And therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you For the LORD is a God of justice; How blessed are all those who long for Him. The ongoing rebellion and apostasy of Israel is astonishing in consideration of all that the Lord did for His chosen nation. We can trust that even when we dont understand it. He will continually follow you with his favours, and not let slip any opportunity of being gracious to you." Woe to the rebellious children, says the LORD, 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. And show the descent of His arm, What a wonderful thing it is when Gods people say to wicked and idolatrous things, Get away!. Others explain it, He commands you to wait, or he will cause you to wait. But the meaning which I have brought forward appears to me to be more appropriate. And on every high hill ". There won't be enough left to even take water out. So to me the strong indications are that it will be an eternal separation from God and whether or not conscious, that's something that's in God's hands. To cease from before us.. You don't have to worry about the Assyrians and their invasion, because God is going to take care of you. 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. Even the tops of the mountains, that used to be barren, shall be so well watered with the rain of heaven that there shall be rivers and streams there, and running down thence to the valleys (Isaiah 30:25; Isaiah 30:25), and this in the day of the great slaughter that should be made by the angel in the camp of the Assyrians, when the towers and batteries they had erected for the carrying on of the siege of Jerusalem, the army being slain, should fall of course. c. For the LORD is a God of justice: On the surface, mercy and justice seem to oppose each other. In the fourth vial He gives power unto the sun to scorch men who dwell upon the earth. EHV But the Lord is eager to be gracious to you. Web1. If in poverty, they are in haste to be rich; and they shall not long be innocent. You will throw them away as an unclean thing; Shall be your humiliation. Shall be your shame, If the sun should go into supernova, it would just about do in the earth. 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. The mistakes occasioned by the similitude of the letters daleth and resh are very frequent, as the reader may have already observed. The new building of God that is eternal in the heavens. Isaiah 30 Trust In the LORD, Not In Egypt A. A rebuke to those in Judah who looked to Egypt for deliverance. 1. (1-2) God exposes the sin of those who put their trust in Egypt. Woe to the rebellious children, says the LORD, Who take counsel, but not of Me, And who devise plans, but not of My Spirit, That they may add sin to sin; The sense is, that in some period subsequent to the calamities that Note, To all true penitents sin has become very odious; they loathe it, and loathe themselves because of it; they cast it away to the dunghill, the fittest place for it, nay, to the cross, for they crucify the flesh; their cry against it is, Crucify it, crucify it. They'll chase you. If he correct his children, it is with judgment (Jeremiah 10:24), with moderation and discretion, considering their frame. 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. ii. WebThey did not think it enough to have God on their side, nor were they at all solicitous to make him their friend, but they strengthened themselves in the strength of Pharaoh; they The LORD will cause His glorious voice to be heard, Which is broken in pieces; "[20] The fulfillment of the first promise was a proof of the certainty of the latter one. Therefore this iniquity shall be to you Judah wanted to hear from the prophets and Gods messengers, but they did not want to hear the truth from them. 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. Human unfaithfulness does not destroy divine faithfulness (cf. b. His lips are full of indignation, Isaiah tells us plainly that it is so He may be gracious to you. 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. "The word behind thee " (Isaiah 30:21). The children of Israel didn't have to fight them. 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. And heals the stroke of their wound. Gehenna, Tophet, this is the second death. Be quiet before Him and before others. WebGod Will Bless His People. The burden of the beasts of the south: To the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches upon the shoulders of young donkeys, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them. Because something in us hinders. Read commentary on this popular Bible verse and understand the real meaning behind God's Word using John Gill's Exposition of the waitcompare Isa 30:15, wait, namely, for His times of having mercy. Note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our websites and the services we are able to offer. CONTENTS: Warnings against alliance with Egypt against Sennacherib and exhortation to turn to the Lord for help. You arent given to despair or fear because you trust Gods promise. [2.] 1706.return to 'Jump List'. b. But a shame and also a reproach. Concord. IV. It's a shadow. 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 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. 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