Isaiah 30

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 30:27-28

Isaiah 30:27-28. Behold, &c. Here begins the last part of the discourse contained in this chapter, in which the prophet gives an earnest of those greater blessings promised, for times to come, by assuring his people of the approaching destruction of the Assyrian forces. “It is an exquisitely fine and sublime passage, and closely connected with the argument and scope of the whole discourse, in that it teaches that the Jews and Israelites had no need to flee to Egypt for help against the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 30:29-31

Isaiah 30:29-31. Ye shall have a song, &c. You shall have occasion of great joy, and of singing songs of praise for your stupendous deliverance from that formidable enemy; as in the night, &c. He mentions the night, either because the Jewish feasts began in the evening, and were celebrated with great joy during a part of the night, as well as on the following day; or because he has a particular respect to the solemnity of the passover, in which they spent some considerable part of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 30:32

Isaiah 30:32. Where the grounded staff shall pass Instead of משׂה מוסדה , the grounded, or founded staff, of which, he says, no one yet has been able to make any tolerable sense. Bishop Lowth, on the authority of two MSS, (one of them ancient,) reads משׂה מופרה , the staff of correction, which Le Clerc also supposes to be the true reading. The bishop, therefore, translates the clause thus: And it shall be, that wherever shall pass the rod of correction, which Jehovah shall lay... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 30:33

Isaiah 30:33. For Tophet is ordained of old “Tophet is a valley very near to Jerusalem, to the southeast, called also the valley of Hinnom, or Gehenna; where the Canaanites, and afterward the Israelites, sacrificed their children, by making them pass through the fire; that is, by burning them in the fire, to Moloch.” It is supposed to have been called Tophet, from the drums, timbrels, or tabrets, which sounded there, to drown the cries of the children thus inhumanly murdered: see... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 30:1-33

The folly of relying on Egypt (30:1-33)All Isaiah’s warnings against an alliance with Egypt are in vain. As he learns that a group of Judean representatives is on its way to Egypt, he points out again how disastrous this alliance will prove to be. Judah’s reliance on Egypt is against God’s will and in the end will bring only disgrace upon Judah (30:1-5).Isaiah pictures the dangerous journey, as a caravan of donkeys and camels carry Judah’s payment through the dry southern region of Judah... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 30:1

Woe. The third of the six woes. rebellious = stubborn, or backsliding. children = sons. take counsel = carry out a purpose. cover with a covering: or, pour out a libation; and so, make an alliance. My Spirit = Me. Hebrew. ruach. App-9 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 30:2

walk = are setting out. This prophecy had been given in the days of Hezekiah (617-588), and was then being fulfilled in Israel. strength of Pharaoh. Compare Isaiah 30:7 , where it is shown to be a vain help. In verses: Isaiah 30:2 , Isaiah 30:3 , "strength" is literal. In Isaiah 30:7 it is a Figure. trust = flee for refuge to. Hebrew. hasah. App-69 . Same word as in Isaiah 30:3 , but not the same as in Isaiah 30:12 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 30:4

his: i.e. Pharaoh's. Zoan. Now Zan. learn doctrine = accept instruction. Hanes. Called Tahapanes (Jeremiah 2:16 ). Now Tell Defenneh , about seventy miles from Cairo, the capital of a minor district. Succeeding Memphis as the capital before Abraham's time. Known to the Greeks as Hiracleopolis Magna. The name occurs only in Scripture. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 30:6

burden. Refers to the lading of the animals of the ambassadors who were going down to Egypt with rich gifts to secure an alliance, and thus reversing the steps of their national deliverance. It is not a fresh "burden", "the beginning of which has been lost". the south = the Negeb, which must be passed through to get to Egypt. See notes on Genesis 13:1 , and Psalms 126:4 . the viper, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 8:15 ). Occurs in Isaiah only here, and in Isaiah 59:5 . App-92... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 30:7

have I cried concerning this = have I called (or named) her. Their strength, &c. Hebrew Egypt sitting still (and thus not giving the help that was being sought). Rahab = pride, or strength, is put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), for Egypt, the proud or strong one. Note the wrong but common use of this verse, through not heeding the context. read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 30:27-28

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 30:29-31

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 30:32

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 30:33

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 30:1-33

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 30:1

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 30:2

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 30:4

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 30:6

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 30:7

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