George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Isaiah 30:30
Stones. The Angel raised the storm, which destroyed many, while the rest in a panic fell upon one another, chap. ix. 5., and xxvii. 36.
Stones. The Angel raised the storm, which destroyed many, while the rest in a panic fell upon one another, chap. ix. 5., and xxvii. 36.
Verse Isaiah 30:30. _THE LORD SHALL CAUSE HIS GLORIOUS VOICE TO BE HEARD_] _Kimchi_ understands this of the great destruction of the Assyrian host by the angel of the Lord. Instead of בזעף אץ _bezaap...
AND THE LORD SHALL CAUSE HIS GLORIOUS VOICE TO BE HEARD - That is, he would give command to destroy them. They could not fail to recognize his voice, and to feel that it was accomplished by him. THE...
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...
If this is the work of Isaiah, it describes the overthrow of Assyria. The description is very vigorous, and some feel that the loud colours are dashed on too violently to make Isaiah's authorship prob...
Songs of rejoicing arise within the city, while the Assyrians are slaughtered under its walls....
_his glorious voice_ Perhaps: THE MAJESTY OF HIS THUNDER (Psalms 29:3 ff.). _the lighting down_ The word probably comes from the (Aramaic) verb used in Psalms 38:2. It may, however, be derived from th...
AND THE LORD SHALL CAUSE, &C.— The prophet resumes the thread of his narration from Isaiah 30:28 and having hinted, not obscurely, in the preceding verse, the time of the execution of the judgment, he...
2. SALVATION TEXT: Isaiah 30:15-33 15 For thus said the Lord Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye...
And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and t...
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...
VOICE] the thunder. Jehovah's wrath is figured as a storm. SCATTERING] RV 'a blast.'...
Smoke and fire often show God’s terrible arrival to carry out his fierce judgement (see 2 Samuel 22:8-16; Isaiah 66:15-16). • God’s word brings life and health to those who accept it. But his word br...
God has used the *Assyrians to punish his people. But now his people have returned to him. God has therefore achieved his purpose. Now God can punish the *Assyrians for their proud attitudes and for t...
AND THE LORD SHALL CAUSE HIS GLORIOUS VOICE... — The peace and joy at home are contrasted with the judgments that fall on the enemies of Israel. They are exposed to the full thunderstorm of the wrath...
וְ הִשְׁמִ֨יעַ יְהוָ֜ה אֶת ־הֹ֣וד קֹולֹ֗ו וְ
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 ------------...
THE GOODNESS OF GOD'S SEVERITY Isaiah 30:18-33 Jerusalem refused God's invitation to return to Him and rest; they preferred to trust in Egyptian cavalry. Their Almighty Friend knew that this would en...
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...
I hope that the Reader is, by this time, so well acquainted with scripture, as to need not the remark how, all along, the Lord is forever blending, judgment with mercy. Here we have, as in many other...
30._And Jehovah shall cause to be heard. _He confirms what he formerly said about the judgment of God on the Assyrians, and he describes it figuratively, as is very customary both with himself and wit...
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...
AND THE LORD SHALL CAUSE HIS GLORIOUS VOICE TO BE HEARD,.... Or, "the glory of his voice" n; his majestic voice, the voice of his word, as the Targum, giving orders for the destruction of the Assyrian...
And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of [his] anger, and [with] the flame of a devouring fire, [with] scattering,...
Isa. 30:27, to the end, and 31:9. Mr. Bedford supposes (Scripture Chronology, p. 671.) that what is here said respects the time when Rabshakeh came against Jerusalem, and God did so wonderfully appear...
_Ye shall have a song_, &c. You shall have occasion of great joy, and of singing songs of praise for your stupendous deliverance from that formidable enemy; _as in the night_, &c. He mentions the nigh...
And the Lord shall cause His glorious voice, raised in a majestic battle-cry, TO BE HEARD AND SHALL SHOW THE LIGHTING DOWN OF HIS ARM, as it descends upon the scoffers, WITH THE INDIGNATION OF HIS ANG...
Trust in Jehovah Rewarded; Overthrow of the Lord's Enemies...
HIS GLORIOUS VOICE: _ Heb._ the glory of his voice...
27-33 God curbs and restrains from doing mischief. With a word he guides his people into the right way, but with a bridle he turns his enemies upon their own ruin. Here, in threatening the ruin of Se...
HIS GLORIOUS VOICE; his thunder, which is Called God's voice, and said to be full of majesty, PSALMS 29:4. But then thunder is metaphorically taken for some terrible judgment, as it is in many places...
Isaiah 30:30 LORD H3068 glorious H1935 voice H6963 heard H8085 (H8689) show H7200 (H8686) descent H5183 arm...
THE DESTRUCTION OF ASSYRIA (ISAIAH 30:27). However, although there will be no help for them in Egypt, they will be delivered, for God Himself will act to deliver them. For the remnant who come throug...
FOR GOD'S FINAL PURPOSE IS TO BLESS HIS TRUE PEOPLE WHO WILL REMAIN AFTER HIS CHASTISEMENT AND PURIFICATION, AND TO DEFEAT THEIR ENEMIES HIMSELF (ISAIAH 30:19). While the future holds adversity for th...
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....
THE EARTHLY SONG AND THE HEAVENLY VOICE Isaiah 30:29. _Ye shall have a song … and the Lord shall cause His glorious voice to be heard, &c._ The fulfilment of this prophecy is recorded in Isaiah 37:36...
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...
1 Samuel 7:10; 2 Thessalonians 1:8; Exodus 15:16; Ezekiel 10:5;...
His voice — His thunder, metaphorically taken for some terrible judgment. The lightning — Upon the Assyrian. With — With great wrath; which is signified by heaping so many words of the same significat...