Isaiah 30:21

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 30:20-21

Isaiah 30:20-21. And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity Although in that time and state of the church you will be subject to many outward straits and afflictions, which was the case with the Jews after their restoration from Babylon, and which was also the lot of the first converts to Christianity; yet shall not thy teachers be removed, &c. As they have been in former times, both in Israel and Judah, when the godly prophets, and other instructers of the people, were but... 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

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

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 30:21

21. word—conscience, guided by the Holy Spirit (John 16:13). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 30:18-26

Distant restoration in spite of unfaithfulness 30:18-26Until now the emphasis in this "woe" was on human activity, but now divine activity takes the spotlight, especially God’s faithfulness ultimately (Isaiah 30:18-26) and imminently (Isaiah 30:27-33). Human unfaithfulness does not destroy divine faithfulness (cf. 2 Timothy 2:13). This section is also structurally chiastic. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 30:20-21

After God hid Himself from His people, having given them privation and oppression as their daily food and drink, as a prison sentence, He would finally reveal Himself to them again. As their teacher, God would guide them in His moral will (cf. Isaiah 30:15; Isaiah 26:9; Isaiah 28:9-13; Isaiah 29:11-12). Then their eyes would see Him and their ears would hear His voice correcting their deviations from His path (cf. Isaiah 30:9-11). read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 30:1-33

1-7. The Egyptian alliance is profitless. 8-11. The perversity of Judah, 12-17. and its disastrous consequences. 18-26. There is a glorious prospect for the repentant people. 27-33 But first Jehovah will destroy the Assyrian.1. Cover, etc.] seek pretence to conceal their designs (Isaiah 29:15). 4. Were.. came] RV ’are.. come’: the ambassadors of Judah go from place to place in Egypt seeking aid.Zoan (Gk. Tanis) and Hanes (Gk. Heracleopolis) were both cities in the Delta of the Nile. 5. Were... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 30:21

(21) Thine ears shall hear a word behind thee.—The voice of the human teacher on whom the people looked as they listened would find an echo in that inner voice telling them which was the true way, when they were tempted to turn to the right hand or the left. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Isaiah 30:1-33

True Imperialism Isaiah 30:2 Many of the changes that time brings are on the surface of life. There is a certain stability at the heart of things. The great laws of life change not. The selfsame sunlight that put an end to Jacob's conflict with the angel gilds our joys and guides our toils Today. So is it with these human hearts of ours. So is it with the great common sentiments and necessities. Motives that swayed men's lives when the world was young can be traced in modern life. Life changes... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Isaiah 30:1-33

CHAPTER XIIIPOLITICS AND FAITHABOUT 720 B.C.Isaiah 30:1-33THIS prophecy of Isaiah rises out of circumstances a little more developed than those in which chapter 29 was composed. Sennacherib is still engaged with Babylon, and it seems that it will yet be long before he marches his armies upon Syria. But Isaiah’s warning has at last roused the politicians of Judah from their carelessness. We need not suppose that they believed all that Isaiah predicted about the dire siege which Jerusalem should... read more

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