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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Isaiah 30:6

Burden. This title seems unnecessary, and may be added by some Jew, (chap. xxi. 13.) though the Chaldean and others explain it, "They carry on their beasts, presents to the south," to the nations of Arabia and Egypt, infested with lions, &c. The rest of the prophecy is against the Jews, who cannot well be styled beasts of the south. (Calmet) --- Basilisk. The ibis devours many serpents on their flight from Arabia and Egypt. (Herodotus ii. 5.; Solin. xxxii.)

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See also Isaiah 30:6 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Isaiah 30:6. _THE BURDEN_] משא _massa_ seems here to be taken in its proper sense; the _load_, not the _oracle_. The same subject is continued; and there seems to be no place here for a new titl...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THE BURDEN OF THE BEASTS OF THE SOUTH - The word ‘south’ here refers doubtless to the country to the south of Judea; and particularly to Egypt. Thus it is used in Daniel 11:5. The phrase ‘beasts of th...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    BURDEN. Refers to the lading of the animals of the ambassadors who were going down to Egypt with rich gifts to secure an alliance, and thus reversing the steps of their national deliverance. It is not...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _trouble and anguish_ Better perhaps DISTRESS AND HARDSHIP, cf. Deuteronomy 8:15; Jeremiah 2:6. _the young and old lion_ R.V. THE LIONESS AND THE LION. Hebrew (like Arabic) possesses a superfluity of...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    These verses are marked as an independent oracle by a heading in the enigmatic style of those in ch. 21, 22. Some commentators regard the title as an editorial note which has crept into the text from...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    FOR HIS PRINCES WERE AT ZOAN— _When his princes—to Hanes,_ Isaiah 30:5 _they were,_ &c. Isaiah 30:6 _as to the burden of the beasts southward, unto a land—from whence come the lioness and stout lion_—...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulde...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE BURDEN.. SOUTH] a title prefixed to the short utterance, Isaiah 30:6; Isaiah 30:7. BURDEN] see Isaiah 13:1. SOUTH] Negeb, i.e. the desert tract S. of Judah on the way to Egypt. The v. pictures the...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    The travellers will bravely meet many dangers and difficulties. But all their great efforts will be in vain....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE BURDEN OF THE BEASTS OF THE SOUTH. — It has been conjectured that this, which reads like the heading of a new section, was first placed in the margin by a transcriber, as suggested by the mention...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    מַשָּׂ֖א בַּהֲמֹ֣ות נֶ֑גֶב בְּ אֶרֶץ֩ צָרָ֨ה...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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 ------------...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    The (d) burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from which [come] the young and the old lion, the viper and flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoul...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    These are parts of the same burden, and not unlike what was said before concerning Egypt, under the figure of the land shadowing with wings, Isaiah 18:1....

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    6._The burden of the beasts of the south. _After having spoken loudly against the consultations of the Jews about asking assistance from the Egyptians, he ridicules the enormous cost and the prodigiou...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THE BURDEN OF THE BEASTS OF THE SOUTH,.... Some think this begins a new prophecy, and this the name and inscription of it. The Septuagint version is, "the vision of the four footed beasts in the wild...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence [come] the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the should...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _The burden of the beasts of the south_ The burden of riches or treasures, carried upon beasts travelling southward. In these verses the prophet has before his eyes “the ambassadors of the Jews, or, a...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE ALLIANCE WITH EGYPT AND THE REBELLIOUS PEOPLE...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The burden of the beasts of the South, of the hippopotamus, as the emblem of Egypt. INTO THE LAND OF TROUBLE AND ANGUISH, through the desert between Palestine and Egypt, with its many disagreeable and...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-7 It was often the fault and folly of the Jews, that when troubled by their neighbours on one side, they sought for succour from others, instead of looking up to God. Nor can we avoid the dreadful...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE BURDEN; either 1. The prophecy; which if oft called _the burden_; or rather 2. The burden of riches or treasures, as it is explained in the latter part of the verse. OF THE BEASTS OF THE SOUTH; w...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 30:6 burden H4853 beasts H929 South H5045 land H776 trouble H6869 anguish H6695 lioness H3833 lion H3918 viper...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE BURDEN OF THE BEASTS OF THE SOUTH (ISAIAH 30:6). A prophetic burden usually indicates judgment on the subject of the burden. Here the judgment is on the beasts who carry the bribes to Egypt. For...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    CHAPTER 30 THE FOURTH WOE. AGAINST THOSE WHO TRUST IN EGYPT RATHER THAN IN YAHWEH (ISAIAH 30:1). Having broken with Assyria and withheld tribute, as a result of the death of Sargon II of Assyria and t...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    BURDEN (_ See Scofield) - (Isaiah 13:1). _...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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 ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 30:6 Isaiah mocks the Judeans carrying payment to the court of Egypt. RAHAB WHO SITS STILL. For Rahab as a poetical name for Egypt, see Psalms 87:4

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 10:2; 2 Chronicles 16:2; 2 Chronicles 28:20; 2 Chronicles 9:1;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The burden — The treasures, which were carried upon asses or camels, into Egypt, which lay southward from Judea. The land of trouble — Egypt, so called prophetically. From whence — This may be underst...

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