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
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