Isaiah 30:4 NIV

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Isaiah 30:1-33

CHAPTER 30 The Fourth Woe Against Alliance With Egypt 1. The alliance and its failure (Isaiah 30:1-7 ) 2. The written table against the rebellious people (Isaiah 30:8-14 ) 3. Jehovah’s word of encouragement (Isaiah 30:15-17 ) 4. The nation blest and restored (Isaiah 30:18-21 ) 5. Idolatry ceases and the land restored (Isaiah 30:22-26 ) 6. The accomplishment by the coming of the Lord (Isaiah 30:27-33 ) While this chapter had a significance, like all these prophetic utterances, for... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Isaiah 30:4

30:4 For his {c} princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.(c) The chief of Israel went into Egypt as an ambassador to seek help and abode at these cities. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Isaiah 30:1-33

JUDAH AND EGYPT These chapters make a unit since, with the exception of the opening part of chapter 28, they chiefly deal with Judah’s futile alliance with Egypt. Isaiah 28:0 Israel, or the kingdom of the ten tribes, is addressed under the name of her leading tribe “Ephraim” (Isaiah 28:1 ). Her great sin is strong drink. “The head of the fat valley” is Samaria the capital, which is soon to be overthrown by the Assyrians (Isaiah 28:2-4 ). Observe, however, the usual forecast of the end of the... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Isaiah 30:1-33

Isaiah 30:0 1. Woe to the rebellious children [not to be read in a harsh tone, but rather as if it were, "alas, for the rebellious children:" into such vocatives does God put the expression of his pity], saith the Lord, that take counsel, but not of me [they go to the wrong spring for water, and find it poison]; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit [with tow that can be burned up], that they may add sin to sin [in quick and pestilent evolution]: 2. That walk to go down into... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Isaiah 30:1-5

Reader! remark amidst all the rebellions of Israel, how the Lord still calls them children. And though chastisement must and will follow their disobedience, yet, the very chastisement proves the Lord's design to recover them. And the method the Lord takes to accomplish his purpose, manifests his gracious intention. For, do they seek strength from foreign alliances? then shall those alliances be the rod to their own punishment. Do they seek to Pharaoh instead of the Lord? and trust in the reeds... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Isaiah 30:4

Hanes. Chaldean, "Taphanes," (Jeremias ii. 16.) or Daphn'e6 Pelusi'e6. (Herodotus ii. 30.) --- In the Arabic, Nome, which formed part of (Haydock) the dominions of Tharaca. (Calmet) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 30:1-7

1-7 It was often the fault and folly of the Jews, that when troubled by their neighbours on one side, they sought for succour from others, instead of looking up to God. Nor can we avoid the dreadful consequences of adding sin to sin, but by making the righteousness of Christ our refuge, and seeking for the sanctification of the Holy Spirit. Men have always been prone to lean to their own understandings, but this will end in their shame and misery. They would not trust in God. They took much... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Isaiah 30:1-14

The Alliance with Egypt and the Rebellious People v. 1. Woe to the rebellious children, stubborn, obstinate, refractory people, saith the Lord, that take counsel, making plans of their own, but not of Me, without consulting Him, and that cover with a covering, weave an alliance, form a league, but not of My Spirit, not suggested or commanded by the Holy Spirit speaking through the Lord's messengers, that they may add sin to sin! The alliance of Judah with Egypt was not only undertaken... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Isaiah 30:1-5

III.—THE THIRD WOEIsaiah 30:01. THE SIN OF THOSE WHO SEEK HELP FROM EGYPT, NOT FROM JEHOVAHIsaiah 30:1-51 Woe to the rebellious children, saith the Lord,That take counsel, but not of me;And that 1cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, That they may add sin to sin:2 That walk to go down into Egypt,And have not asked at my mouth;To strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh,And to trust in the shadow of Egypt!3 Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Isaiah 30:1-17

Fatal Reliance on Human Aid Isaiah 30:1-17 Toward the close of the 8th century, b.c. Jerusalem sent ambassadors to seek help from Egypt against Assyria, in distinct defiance of God’s repeated warnings. Isaiah denounced this as adding sin to sin. Even though their princes reached Zoan and Hanes, capital cities, and succeeded in their object, it would not help them. The beasts of burden might traverse the deserts with presents and bribes, but all would be in vain. These truths, however, were... read more