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Matthew Henry

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 30:26

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

Adam Clarke

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

Adam Clarke

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 30:18-26

A RENEWAL OF PROMISE . The denunciations of the preceding passage ( Isaiah 30:9-17 ) had been so terrible that, without some counterpoise of promise, they must have produced a general despair. This was not the Divine purpose. Judah's probation still continued. Therefore it was necessary to let it be seen that the Divine long-suffering was not yet exhausted—there were still conditions under which God would be gracious to his people. The conditions were "crying to the Lord" ( Isaiah... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 30:19-26

The blessedness of Zion. Throughout the book the idea of temporal blends with that of spiritual weal. The images are drawn from the state of temporal happiness and prosperity. Yet Zion and Jerusalem may be regarded as symbolical of the Church in general. I. JOY IN GOD . There will be "no more weeping." Tears are significant of the lot of humanity; and in the poetry of the Old Testament we hear, as Lord Bacon says, "as many hearse-like airs as carols," and the pencil of the Holy... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 30:19-26

The people of God in their prosperity. These verses are primarily applicable, and they are more or less true as they are applied, to the return of the Jews from captivity, and their residence in their own land. But they find a larger fulfillment in the condition of the Church of Christ in its last days. Possibly they anticipate the felicities of the heavenly future. We refer them to the Church in its prosperity, and conclude— I. THAT THE PEOPLE OF GOD ARE THOSE THAT HAVE... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 30:23-26

The glories of Christ's kingdom shown in figure. Isaiah gives us several descriptions of Christ's kingdom, all of them more or less allegorical (see Isaiah 4:2-6 ; Isaiah 11:1-9 ; Isaiah 35:1-10 ; Isaiah 60:1-22 ). In the present description all is allegory. The blessings of the kingdom are— I. RICH AND ABUNDANT HARVESTS , by which would seem to be signified a great conversion of the nations by the preaching of the gospel (comp. Matthew 9:1-38 :87, 38; John 4:35 ),... read more

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