Isaiah 30

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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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 30:19

For the people shall dwell in Zion "When a holy people shall dwell in Sion" - Λαος ἁγιος , Septuagint; קדוש עם am kadosh . The word dro קדוש kadosh , lost out of the text, but happily supplied by the Septuagint, clears up the sense, otherwise extremely obscure. When the rest of the cities of the land were taken by the king of Assyria, Zion was preserved, and all that were in it. Thou shalt weep no more "Thou shalt implore him with weeping" - The negative particle לא lo is... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 30:20

Though the Lord "Though Jehovah" - For אדני Adonai , sixteen MSS. and three editions have יהוה Yehovah , many of De Rossi's have the same reading; all my own have יהוה Yehovah . read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 30:21

When ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left "Turn not aside, to the right or to the left" - The Syriac Chaldee, and Vulgate, translate as if, instead of כי־וכי ki - read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 30:22

Ye shall defile "Ye shall treat as defiled" - The very prohibition of Moses, Deuteronomy 7:25 , only thrown out of the prose into the poetical form: "The graven images of their gods ye shall burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or the gold that is on them; nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein; for it is an abomination to Jehovah thy God." read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 30:25

When the towers fall "When the mighty fall" - מגדלים migdalim , μεγαλους , Sym.; μεγαλυνομενους , Aquila; רברבין rabrebin , Chard.; all signifying mighty sizes. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 30:26

Shall be sevenfold - The text adds הימים שבעת כאור keor shibath haiyamayim , "as the light of seven days, "a manifest gloss, taken in from the margin; it is not in most of the copies of the Septuagint. It interrupts the rhythmical construction, and obscures the sense by a false, or at least an unnecessary, interpretation. By moon, sun, light, are to be understood the abundance of spiritual and temporal felicity with which God should bless them in the days of the Messiah, which should... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 30:27

And the burden thereof is heavy "And the flame raged violently" - משאה massaah ; this word seems to be rightly rendered in our translation, the flame, Judges 20:38 , Judges 20:40 , etc.; a sign of fire, Jeremiah 6:1 ; called properly משאת masseeth , an elevation, from its tending upwards. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 30:28

To sift the nations with a sieve of vanity "To toss the nations with the van of perdition" - The word להנפה lahanaphah is in its form very irregular. Kimchi says it is for להניף lehaniph . Houbigant supposes it to be a mistake, and shows the cause of it; the joining it to the ה he , which should begin the following word. The true reading is הגוים להניף lehaniph haggoyim , "to sift the nations." The Vulgate seems to be the only one of the ancient interpreters who has... read more

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

The Lord shall cause his glorious voice to be heard - Kimchi understands this of the great destruction of the Assyrian host by the angel of the Lord. Instead of אץ בזעף bezaaph ats , "with swift anger, "five of Dr. Kennicott's MSS. and one of my own, read אף בזעם bezaam aph , "with detestation indignant." For אץ ats , "swift, "which is the common reading, forty-two of Kennicott's, forty-three of De Rossi's, and two of my own, have אץ ats , "wrath or fury." The former reading,... read more

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 30:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 30:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 30:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 30:22

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 30:25

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 30:26

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 30:27

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 30:28

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

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