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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 30:16

But ye said, No, for we will flee upon horses ,.... Hither and thither to get help and assistance; go down to Egypt for it on them, or thither for them, as some render it; and then face the enemy, and, if we can not conquer him, will flee from him, and so provide for our safety; this is man's way of salvation, as opposed to God's way; see Hosea 1:7 or this may design their fleeing on horses and camels with their riches into Egypt, both for the security of them and their persons, Isaiah... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 30:17

One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one ,.... A troop of horse, consisting of a thousand men, shall flee upon the attack and onset of a single person, so dispirited should they be, and so possessed of the fear of the enemy; what was promised to them with respect to their enemies is here turned against them, Leviticus 26:7 , at the rebuke of five shall ye flee ; being attacked by a very small number, the whole army should run away: this denotes with what ease they should be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 30:18

And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you ,.... Or "yet" F17 לכן "nihilominus, tamen"; so Noldius, Ebr. Concord. Part. p. 507. in the same way Gataker. , 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... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 30:8

For ever and ever "For a testimony for ever" - לעד leed . So the Syriac, Chaldee, Vulgate, and Septuagint, in MSS. Pachom. and 1. D. 2: εις μαρτυριον , which two words have been lost out of the other copies of the Septuagint. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 30:12

In oppression "In obliquity" - בעקש beakesh , transposing the two last letters of בעשק beoshek , in oppression, which seems not to belong to this place: a very probable conjecture of Houbigant. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 30:13

Swelling out to a high wall "A swelling in a high wall" - It has been observed before, that the buildings of Asia generally consist of little better than what we call mud walls. "All the houses at Ispahan, "says Thevenot, Vol. II., p. 159, "are built of bricks made of clay and straw, and dried in the sun; and covered with a plaster made of a fine white stone. In other places in Persia the houses are built with nothing else but such bricks, made with tempered clay and chopped straw, well... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 30:14

He shall not spare "And spareth it not" - Five MSS. add the conjunction ו vau to the negative; ולא velo . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 30:17

At the rebuke of five shall ye flee "At the rebuke of five, ten thousand of you shall flee" - In the second line of this verse a word is manifestly omitted, which should answer to one thousand in the first: the Septuagint supply πολλοι , רבים rabbim . But the true word is רבבה rebabah , as I am persuaded any one will be convinced, who will compare the following passages with this place: - "How should one chase a thousand; And two put ten thousand ( רבבה ) to flight?" ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 30:18

And therefore will he be exalted "Even for this shall he expect in silence" - For ירום yarum , he shall be exalted, which belongs not to this place, Houbigant reads ידום yadum , he shall be silent: and so it seems to be in a MS. Another MS. instead of it reads ישוב yashub , he shall return. The mistakes occasioned by the similitude of the letters ד daleth and ר resh are very frequent, as the reader may have already observed. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 30:8

Write it before them in a tablet ; i.e. " write the prophecy before them" (equivalent to " to be set up before them") " on a tablet," in the briefest possible form (comp. Isaiah 8:1 ). And note it in a book ; i.e. "and also make a full notation of it in a book," or parchment roll. The "tablet" was to be for the admonition of the living generation of men; the "book" was for future generations, to be a record of God's omniscience and faithfulness "forever and ever." That it... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 30:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 30:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 30:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 30:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 30:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 30:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 30:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 30:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 30:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 30:8

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