Isaiah 30

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 30:15-18

Isaiah 30:15-18. For thus saith the Lord— The second sentence contains a judicial reproof and denunciation, wherein the punishment to be inflicted upon the disobedient and badly advised, is distinctly compared with the crime; for the Almighty, wonderful in all his ways, generally puts carnal men to shame by those very things wherein they place their confidence. Their crime here again is twice proposed; namely, their pertinacious struggle against the counsel suggested to them by the prophets of... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 30:19

Isaiah 30:19. For the people shall dwell— The consolatory part of this discourse begins here, which is connected with the preceding part by the last clause of the former verse, Blessed are all they that wait for him: here follows, therefore, a series of excellent blessings, to be conferred by God upon his church, after these judgments. The prophet has so ordered his style in setting forth these benefits, that when he seems to promise only temporal blessings to the church, he would be understood... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 30:20-21

Isaiah 30:20-21. And though the Lord give you, &c.— The prophet here, setting forth the second benefit, tells them, that though at the time of the restoration of their state they should by no means be free from various afflictions, (as Daniel also foretels, Daniel 9:25.) yet these temporal afflictions should be compensated and exceeded by the spiritual blessing by which God would then bless his church: which should be an abundance of instruction from their true teachers, for that is the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 30:22

Isaiah 30:22. Ye shall defile also the covering, &c.— The meaning of these words is, that the people, at the period of time here marked out, should refrain from idolatry; not public only, but private and domestic also, which seems here particularly to be described; for the Jews, prone to idolatry even when it was publicly prohibited, did not fail to retain in their houses those little images of divination, which the Latins called Penates, and the Hebrews anciently תרפים Teraphim. It is... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 30:23-25

Isaiah 30:23-25. Then shall he give the rain of thy seed— And he shall give rain for thy seed. Lowth. It appears very plainly from the latter end of the 25th verse, and from the 26th, that the prophet here is not to be understood literally, but figuratively, and that the words contain a splendid promise of pure and abundant spiritual pasture; which is exhibited in four articles, and closed with a sign of the time when this benefit should be conferred upon the church. The first article is, that... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 30:26

Isaiah 30:26. Moreover, the light of the moon, &c.— The images of light and darkness are made use of in almost all languages, to represent prosperity and adversity; but the Hebrews make use of them more frequently than any other nation, insomuch that they scarce ever omit them when the subject will bear them. They may thereby be referred to the parabolic style, wherein they are used with greater boldness and luxuriance than in any other: for the Hebrews do not confine themselves to the... read more

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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 30:27-28

Isaiah 30:27-28. Behold, the name of the Lord cometh— Lo! the name of JEHOVAH cometh from afar; his wrath burneth, and the shame rageth violently: his lips are filled with indignation; and his tongue is as a consuming fire. His spirit is like a torrent overflowing; it shall reach to the middle of the neck: he cometh to toss the nations with the van of perdition, &c. Bishop Lowth. This exquisitely fine and most sublime passage refers, according to Vitringa, to the formidable judgment of God... read more

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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 30:29

Isaiah 30:29. Ye shall have a song, &c.— The consequence of God's judgment upon the Assyrian, the prophet here declares, should be great rejoicing in the Jewish church, celebrated with hymns and songs on that night in which their haughty enemy should be destroyed: such songs as the Israelites used when delivered from Egypt, and on other occasions. See Exodus 15:1; Exodus 15:27. Judges 5:1; Judges 5:31. The holy solemnity seems to mean the passover, when the great הלל hallel was sung. The... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 30:30-31

Isaiah 30:30-31. And the Lord shall cause, &c.— The prophet resumes the thread of his narration from Isa 30:28 and having hinted, not obscurely, in the preceding verse, the time of the execution of the judgment, he describes in the present verse the manner of it; which, from this and the parallel passage, ch. Isa 29:6 we conceive to be thus; that it should come to pass, that a mighty and terrible temper should be raised up by God, in which thunders, lightnings, showers, hail, and scattering... read more

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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 30:32-33

Isaiah 30:32-33. And in every place— The prophet here again, as in the 29th verse, subjoins the consequence of the fall of the Assyrian. The sum of the passage is, that in every place which the Assyrian, passing with his formidable army, had left desolate, or where he had rested with his army, his overthrow should be celebrated with the sound of tabrets and harps; since God himself, going forth against the Assyrians, should in such a manner shake and disperse them, that they should utterly... read more

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 30:15-18

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 30:19

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 30:20-21

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 30:22

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 30:23-25

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 30:26

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 30:27-28

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 30:29

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 30:30-31

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 30:32-33

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