Isaiah 30

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 30:8-11

Isaiah 30:8-11. Now go, write it before them Write this prophecy and warning, which I have now delivered, in their presence; in a table, and in a book So it was to be written twice over, once in a table, to be hung up in some public place, that all present might read it; and again in a book, that it might be kept for the use of posterity. That it may be for the time to come As a witness for me and against them, that I have given them fair warning, and that they have wilfully run upon... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 30:12-14

Isaiah 30:12-14. Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression In the wealth which you have gotten by oppression, whereby you now think to procure Egyptian succours; and perverseness In your perverse and rebellious course of sending to Egypt for help. This iniquity shall be to you as a breach, &c. Like a wall, which is high, and seems to be strong, but, swelling out in some parts, upon the least accident falleth down suddenly to the ground. Such shall be the issue of your... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 30:15-17

Isaiah 30:15-17. In returning From your present purpose of sending to Egypt; or, as the LXX., the Syriac, and Arabic understand it, in returning to God; shall ye be saved Preserved from the power of your enemies. In quietness and confidence In a calm and quiet submission to the divine will, and a confidence placed on his mercy, power, and faithfulness; shall be your strength Your support under your troubles, and your ability to withstand your invaders. But ye said, No; for we will... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 30:18

Isaiah 30:18. And therefore Because of your great misery: for the misery of God’s people is frequently mentioned in Scripture as a motive to God’s mercy: or, notwithstanding, as לכן may be rendered; will the Lord wait Patiently expect your repentance, and stop the course of his proceedings against you, that you may have an opportunity of making your peace with him, and of preventing your utter ruin. He will be exalted He will lift up himself, and exert his power gloriously in your... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 30:19

Isaiah 30:19. For, &c. “The consolatory part of this discourse begins here, which is connected with the preceding part by the last clause of the former verse, Blessed, &c. Here follows, therefore, a series of excellent blessings, to be conferred by God after these judgments. And the prophet hath so ordered his style in setting them forth, that when he seems to promise only temporal blessings to the church, he would be understood mystically under these figurative emblems.”... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 30:20-21

Isaiah 30:20-21. And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity Although in that time and state of the church you will be subject to many outward straits and afflictions, which was the case with the Jews after their restoration from Babylon, and which was also the lot of the first converts to Christianity; yet shall not thy teachers be removed, &c. As they have been in former times, both in Israel and Judah, when the godly prophets, and other instructers of the people, were but... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 30:22

Isaiah 30:22. Ye shall also To show your contempt of it; defile the covering of thy graven images The leaves or plates, wherewith their wooden images were frequently covered: and the ornament of thy molten images Or, the coat, or covering; Hebrew, אפדת , the ephod, as the word is rendered, Exodus 28:8; and Exodus 39:5; which was a costly and glorious robe. The images also were of gold: for the idolaters spared no cost in the making and adorning of their idols. Thou shalt cast... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 30:23-24

Isaiah 30:23-24. Then shall he give thee the rain of thy seed Or rather, to, or for thy seed, namely, when thou hast newly sown it, which was called the former rain; or, such as thy seed requires, which may include both the former and the latter rain. Their sins, the cause of all God’s judgments, being removed by their sincere repentance and God’s gracious pardon, God showers down his blessings upon them. “When he gives them their teachers,” says Henry, “and they give him their... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 30:25

Isaiah 30:25. On every high mountain, and every high hill Which are commonly dry and barren; shall be rivers and streams of water Fertilizing and refreshing blessings, showered down by God upon his church and people. This verse certainly cannot be understood literally, and the mystical meaning, according to Vitringa and some others, is, “that in all the more celebrated places, whether of kingdoms or cities, there should be synagogues, public schools, or oratories, in which the word of... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 30:26

Isaiah 30:26. The light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun For constancy and brightness, which, as also the following clause, is to be understood metaphorically, of that glorious and happy state of the church which should take place in future times. And the light of the sun seven- fold, as the light of seven days As if the light of seven days were combined together in one. Its light shall then be transcendently more bright and glorious than ever it was before. Which magnificent... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 30:8-11

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 30:12-14

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 30:15-17

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 30:18

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 30:19

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 30:20-21

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 30:22

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 30:23-24

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 30:25

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 30:26

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