Isaiah 30:23-33 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 30:18-26

The closing words of the foregoing paragraph (You shall be left as a beacon upon a mountain) some understand as a promise that a remnant of them should be reserved as monuments of mercy; and here the prophet tells them what good times should succeed these calamities. Or the first words in this paragraph may be read by way of antithesis, Notwithstanding this, yet will the Lord wait that he may be gracious. The prophet, having shown that those who made Egypt their confidence would be ashamed of... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 30:27-33

This terrible prediction of the ruin of the Assyrian army, though it is a threatening to them, is part of the promise to the Israel of God, that God would not only punish the Assyrians for the mischief they had done to the Israel of God, but would disable and deter them from doing the like again; and this prediction, which would now shortly be accomplished, would ratify and confirm the foregoing promises, which should be accomplished in the latter days. Here is, I. God Almighty angry, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 30:23

Then shall he give thee rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal ,.... Or, "rain to thy seed" F6 מטר זרעך "sementi tuae", Piscator; "semini tuo", V. L. Tigurine version. ; that is, when the seed is sown in the earth, the Lord will give the former rain, and cause it to take root, and spring up: and bread of the increase of the earth ; the earth, being watered with rain, should give its increase of corn, of which bread should be made; so that there would be seed to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 30:24

The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground ,.... Or till it; for though these might not be joined together in a yoke, yet they were made use of separately in ploughing land, Deuteronomy 22:10 , shall eat clean provender ; the word for "provender" signifies a mixture, such as cattle eat, especially horses, as beans, oats, barley, and fitches, and of which there should be such plenty, that the cattle should eat of it; not of the chaff and husks of these, nor these in their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 30:25

And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill ,.... Which were round about Jerusalem, and in other parts of Judea: rivers and streams of water ; such abundance of rain, that it should flow in streams like rivers, from the higher to the lower lands, and water them. This may in a spiritual sense be understood of the great plenty of the ministry of the Gospel, in all the kingdoms of the world, great and small, signified by mountains and hills; and which may also... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 30:26

Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun ,.... An hyperbolical expression, used to set forth the exceeding great light of the Gospel under the dispensation of it, which would as far exceed the light of the former dispensation, comparable to the moon, as the light of the sun exceeds the light of the moon; as also that great degree of spiritual joy and comfort that should be in those times, especially in the latter day; and the Jews themselves apply this to the times of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 30:27

Behold, the name of the Lord cometh from far ,.... From hence to the end of the chapter Isaiah 30:28 is a very full account, by way of prophecy, of the destruction of the Assyrian army by the Lord; and which is to be considered as a type of the destruction of antichrist, by and at the coming of the Lord Jesus. It is introduced with a "behold", as declaring something of moment and importance worthy of attention, and even wonderful. "The name of the Lord" is the Lord himself; unless it is to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 30:28

And his breath as an overflowing stream ,.... Which comes with great swiftness and force, bearing all before it, breathing out nothing but the fire of divine wrath, before which there is no standing; nor could the Assyrian army stand before it, but suddenly, in a moment, was carried away with the force of it: thus our Lord will consume the man of sin with the spirit or breath of his mouth, and destroy him with the brightness of his coming, 2 Thessalonians 2:8 , and this stream shall... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 30:29

Ye shall have a song ,.... That is, the Jews should have a song, and sing it upon the ruin of the Assyrian army; as the Israelites had, when Pharaoh and his host were drowned in the Red Sea; and so will the Christian church have one, at the fall of Babylon, Revelation 15:1 , as in the night, when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart , the Jewish feasts always began, the even preceding, and were ushered in with singing songs, and psalms; especially the feast of the... read more

John Gill

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

And the Lord shall cause his glorious voice to be heard ,.... Or, "the glory of his voice" F14 הוד קולו "gloriam vocis suae", V. L. Vatablus; "magnificam vocem suam", Piscator. ; his majestic voice, the voice of his word, as the Targum, giving orders for the destruction of the Assyrian army; this was heard by the angel who obeyed it: and such a voice will be heard, ordering the destruction of antichrist, and the antichristian powers, in the pouring out of the vials by the angels,... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 30:18-26

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 30:27-33

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 30:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 30:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 30:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 30:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 30:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 30:28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 30:29

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

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