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Isaiah 30:15-17

The true policy contrasted with the false.

15 re-echoes the great ruling principle of Isaiah's statesmanship: comp. ch. Isaiah 7:4; Isaiah 7:9; Isaiah 28:16. For saithread with R.V. said.

returning and rest … quietness and in confidence The first expression describes the external policy, the second the attitude of mind, demanded by the occasion. On the one hand, averseness to war (Micah 2:8), renunciation of earthly help and a wise passivity in international affairs; on the other, calm reliance on Jehovah: in this last, the prophet says, they would have manifested the truest "strength" or courage.

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See also Isaiah 30:15-17 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    FOR THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD - The design of this verse is to give a reason for the destruction that should come upon them. That reason was, that God had indicated to them the path of truth and safety,...

  • 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

    CONFIDENCE. trust: i.e. trust [in Jehovah]. Hebrew. _batah_, as in Isaiah 30:12. App-69. STRENGTH. real power. Hebrew. _geburah._ Not the same word as in verses: Isaiah 30:2; Isaiah 30:3, but the same...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    FOR THUS SAITH THE LORD— The second sentence contains a judicial reproof and denunciation, wherein the punishment to be inflicted upon the disobedient and badly advised, is distinctly compared with th...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not. IN RETURNING AND REST SHALL Y...

  • 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

    IN RETURNING, etc.] i.e. in giving up your restless trust in man and calmly relying upon Jehovah....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    IN RETURNING AND REST... — The words describe a process of conversion, but the nature of that conversion is determined by the context. In this case it was the turning from the trust in man, with all i...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כִּ֣י כֹֽה ־אָמַר֩ אֲדֹנָ֨י יְהוִ֜ה קְדֹ֣ושׁ...

  • 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

    For thus saith the (n) Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not. (n) Often by his prophets he...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Be. Septuagint, "groan," as Origen, &c., read. If you be seriously converted, and trust not in Egypt, you need not fear._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Now the Lord raiseth up instruments to punish his children from their own pursuits, and, like Jonah's gourd, maketh a worm to come forth from the root of it! The Lord had assured his people, that if t...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _STRENGTH IN QUIETNESS_ ‘In quietnees and in confidence shall be your strength.’ Isaiah 30:15 Our weakness sometimes brings to light God’s strength. St. Paul said of himself, ‘When I am weak, then...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    15._For thus saith the Lord. _Here he describes one kind of contempt of God; for when warnings are addressed to hypocrites in general terms, they commonly produce little effect. In addition to the gen...

  • 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

    FOR THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD, THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL,.... This is still repeated, though displeasing to the carnal Jews, who, notwithstanding their ill behaviour to the Lord, condescends to give them t...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not. Ver. 15. _The Holy One of Israel...

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

    _In returning_ From your present purpose of sending to Egypt; or, as the LXX., the Syriac, and Arabic understand it, in returning to God; _shall ye be saved_ Preserved from the power of your enemies....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Trust in Jehovah Rewarded; Overthrow of the Lord's Enemies...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, In returning and rest, by turning back to the Lord in true repentance and trusting in Him all alone, SHALL YE BE SAVED, finding deliverance from al...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    IN RETURNING, either from your present purpose of sending to Egypt, or unto God, as the LXX., and Syriac, and Arabic translators render it. Or, IN QUIETNESS; for the verb from which this word come is...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 30:15 says H559 (H8804) Lord H136 GOD H3069 One H6918 Israel H3478 returning H7729 rest H5183 saved...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Isaiah 30:15 _(Philippians 4:7)_ The protecting power of peace. I. "In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength." Quietness is the opposite of excitement; confidence is the opposite of mis...

  • 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 Biblical Illustrator

    _In returning and rest shall ye be saved_ THE VANITY OF EARTHLY HELP IN TIME OF TRIAL, AND THE PROFIT OF PATIENT WAITING I. THE INSUFFICIENCY OF ALL HUMAN DEPENDENCE. The records of the Jewish natio...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 30:15 Isaiah gets to the heart of the matter. With the authority of THE LORD GOD, THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL, the secret of Judah’s strength has been revealed. It comes in ret

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    THE VANITY OF EARTHLY HELP IN TIME OF TRIAL, AND THE PROFIT OF PATIENT WAITING Isaiah 30:15. _For thus saith the Lord God, &c._ The history of the Jews a striking proof of human depravity. That peopl...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CHRISTIAN QUIETNESS. [1123] [1123] See also STRENGTH IN QUIETNESS, Isaiah 30:7. Isaiah 30:15. _In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength_. The principle of our text is, that “strength,”...

  • 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 Chronicles 5:20; 2 Chronicles 16:8; 2 Chronicles 32:8; Hebrews 12:25;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    In returning — To God. Quietness — In sitting still, and quieting your minds. Confidence — Placed upon me, and my promises....

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