George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Isaiah 30:11
Us. Mention God no more, or let him not meddle with our affairs. Seek not to reclaim us, we are pleased with our delusion. (Calmet)
Us. Mention God no more, or let him not meddle with our affairs. Seek not to reclaim us, we are pleased with our delusion. (Calmet)
GET YE OUT OF THE WAY - Or, rather, ‘Recede from the way;’ or ‘Turn aside from the way.’ The words “way” and “path” are used to denote the true religion, or the true doctrines of God Matthew 7:14; Mat...
CHAPTER 30 The Fourth Woe Against Alliance With Egypt 1. _The alliance and its failure (Isaiah 30:1)_ 2. _The written table against the rebellious people (Isaiah 30:8)_ 3. Jehovah's word of encourage...
This passage is introduced by a strange title, Oracle concerning the beasts of the Negeb, _i.e._ either the beasts who carry the treasure to Egypt (Isaiah 30:6_ b_), or the wild creatures that infest...
The documents (as in Isaiah 8:16) are a protest against the persistent disobedience of the people. Render with R.V. FOR IT IS, &c....
_Get ye out of the way, turn aside_ i.e. "Discontinue your hackneyed methods: adopt a more conciliatory tone, and do not seek to influence us by reiterated prophecies of evil." _cause the Holy One of...
NOW GO, WRITE IT BEFORE THEM, &C.— See the analysis. The Spirit of God, about to convict the degenerate people of the foolishness of their counsels, pierces into the inmost source of their errors, nam...
B. FRIENDS THAT FETTER, Chapter S 30-31 1. SHAME TEXT: Isaiah 30:1-14 1 Woe to the rebellious children, saith Jehovah, that take counsel, but not of me; and that make a league, but not of my Spirit...
Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us. GET YOU OUT OF THE WAY - Depart from the true "way:" so in ; , "that way" is used of relig...
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 Jehov...
CAUSE THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL TO CEASE FROM BEFORE US. — It would seem as if the iterated utterance of this Divine name by Isaiah caused a bitterness of irritation which was not roused by the more fami...
ס֚וּרוּ מִנֵּי ־דֶ֔רֶךְ הַטּ֖וּ מִנֵּי ־אֹ֑רַח...
BOOK 3 ORATIONS ON THE EGYPTIAN INTRIGUES AND ORACLES ON FOREIGN NATIONS 705-702 B.C. Isaiah: 29 About 703 30 A little later 31 A little later 32:1-8 Later 32:9-20 Date uncertain ------------...
FATAL RELIANCE ON HUMAN AID Isaiah 30:1-17 Toward the close of the 8th century, b.c. Jerusalem sent ambassadors to seek help from Egypt against Assyria, in distinct defiance of God's repeated warning...
This chapter contains two distinct messages. In the first, the prophet denounces an alliance with Egypt (verses Isa 30:1-26), and in the second foretells the destruction of Assyria (verses Isa 30:27-3...
It should seem that Isaiah wrote to them, as well as preached to them. And as Israel's rebellion descended, like the blood in the veins, from father to son, there needed a standing memorial on the sub...
11._Depart from the way. _The amount of what is stated is, that when the prophets are set aside, the Lord is also rejected and set aside, and no regard is paid to him. Wicked men pretend the contrary,...
The effect of this unbelief is manifested in chapter 30. The people put their trust in man, according to the wisdom of man. They look to Egypt for help, but in vain. This contempt of Jehovah, accompan...
GET YE OUT OF THE WAY: TURN ASIDE OUT OF THE PATH,.... These two expressions mean one and the same thing; either that the prophets would go out of their usual way of threatening ruin and destruction;...
Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us. Ver. 11. _Get ye out of the way._] If that be the way which you so much insist upon, warp a l...
_Now go, write it before them_ Write this prophecy and warning, which I have now delivered, in their presence; _in a table, and in a book_ So it was to be written twice over, once in a table, to be hu...
THE ALLIANCE WITH EGYPT AND THE REBELLIOUS PEOPLE...
Get you out of the way, namely, that prescribed by the command of God, TURN ASIDE OUT OF THE PATH, forsaking the Lord altogether, CAUSE THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL TO CEASE FROM BEFORE US, for they wanted...
8-18 The Jews were the only professing people God then had in the world, yet many among them were rebellious. They had the light, but they loved darkness rather. The prophets checked them in their si...
OUT OF THE WAY in which you now walk, out of you present course of preaching unsavoury and frightful things to us. CAUSE THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL TO CEASE FROM BEFORE US; do not trouble us with harsh an...
Isaiah 30:11 out H5493 (H8798) way H1870 aside H5186 (H8685) path H734 One H6918 Israel H3478 cease...
THEIR TRUST IN OTHER THAN YAHWEH AND THEIR TANTAMOUNT REJECTION OF HIM CAN ONLY RESULT IN DISASTER. SECURITY RESTS IN TRUSTING IN YAHWEH (ISAIAH 30:8). Isaiah is to write his words down as a testimony...
CONTENTS: Warnings against alliance with Egypt against Sennacherib and exhortation to turn to the Lord for help. CHARACTERS: God, Pharoah. CONCLUSION: When sin has brought men into distress, it is th...
Isaiah 30:1. _Woe to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, that take counsel, but not of me._ It was a law among all ancient nations to undertake nothing of importance without consulting the gods....
_This is a rebellious people_ DISLIKE TO MINISTERIAL FIDELITY The Jews have very many followers under the Christian dispensation. I. STATE THE TRUTHS WHICH ARE USUALLY OBNOXIOUS TO SUCH PERSONS. The...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 30:9 Isaiah’s generation feared Assyrian aggression. The prophet understands that the real threat to them is their unwillingness to hear God’s saving word. SMOOTH THINGS... ILLUS...
DISLIKE TO MINISTERIAL FIDELITY Isaiah 30:9. _This is a rebellious people, &c._ Many wish to be deceived. They have made truth their enemy and shrink from the light, desiring present relief and peace...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 30:1 THE ALLIANCE WITH EGYPT OPENLY REBUKED. In the preceding chapter (Isaiah 30:15) the design of the Jewish rulers to seek the alliance of Egypt was covertly
Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not from me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to their sin (Isaiah 30:1): Now these pe...
Amos 7:13; Ephesians 4:18; Isaiah 29:21; John 15:23; John 15:24;...
Cause, &c. — Do not trouble us with harsh messages from God....