Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Isaiah 30:18
Wait] The above threatenings are conditional, Jehovah will wait to give them an opportunity of repentance. Of judgment] and therefore not unduly severe.
Wait] The above threatenings are conditional, Jehovah will wait to give them an opportunity of repentance. Of judgment] and therefore not unduly severe.
Verse Isaiah 30:18. _AND THEREFORE WILL HE BE EXALTED _- "Even for this shall he expect in silence"] For ירום _yarum, he shall be exalted_, which belongs not to this place, Houbigant reads ידום _yadu...
AND THEREFORE - The sense of the words rendered ‘and therefore,’ may be better expressed by the phrase, ‘yet moreover,’ meaning, that notwithstanding their sins, and the necessity of punishing them, Y...
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...
Yahweh waits till the time is ripe for intervention, and then shows His graciousness and mercy. Then there shall be no sorrow in Zion; Yahweh's answer anticipates (render, has answered) His people's p...
BE GRACIOUS. show you favour, or grace. HAVE MERCY UPON YOU. show you compassion. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. BLESSED. O the happinesses [of all, &c.]. The first of three in Isaiah (Isaiah 32:20;...
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...
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 therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wai...
30:18 mercy (g-24) Or 'will he withdraw himself until he have mercy.'...
God offers his people words to encourage them. And to give them hope for the future....
AND THEREFORE... — The words seem to embody the thought that “man’s extremity is God’s opportunity.” Precisely because of this isolated misery Jehovah was “waiting,” _i.e., longing,_ with an eager exp...
וְ לָכֵ֞ן יְחַכֶּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ לַֽ חֲנַנְכֶ֔ם 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...
And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be (q) gracious to you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD [is] a God of (r) judgment: blessed [are] all the...
_Wait for him. Having convinced Ezechias that he ought to trust in on other, the Lord rescues him from the hand of Sennacherib. (Calmet)_...
Reader! observe the workings of grace, and how the Lord's love breaks out, before the weapons of sin in the rebellious child's hands fall down. And do observe, in this sweet scripture, not only the wa...
_GOD COMPELLED TO WAIT_ ‘Therefore will the Lord wait, that He may be gracious unto you.’ Isaiah 30:18 God is thus compelled to wait ere He can bless us because of— I. OUR DISOBEDIENCE. II. OUR...
18._Therefore will Jehovah wait. _The Prophet now adds consolation; for hitherto he threatened to such an extent that almost all the godly might be thrown into despair. He intended therefore to soothe...
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 THEREFORE WILL THE LORD WAIT, THAT HE MAY BE GRACIOUS UNTO YOU,.... Or "yet" q, or "nevertheless" though such an utter destruction shall be made, there are a few that the Lord has a good will unto...
And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD [is] a God of judgment: blessed [are] all they that...
_And therefore_ Because of your great misery: for the misery of God's people is frequently mentioned in Scripture as a motive to God's mercy: or, _notwithstanding_, as לכן may be rendered; _will the L...
And therefore will the Lord wait, the miserable condition of Israel causing Him to turn toward His people once more, THAT HE MAY BE GRACIOUS UNTO YOU, AND THEREFORE WILL HE BE EXALTED, withdrawing Him...
Trust in Jehovah Rewarded; Overthrow of the Lord's Enemies...
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...
THEREFORE; because of your general destruction and great misery; which is frequently mentioned in Scripture as a motive to God's mercy, as DEUTERONOMY 32:36, and in many other places, as hath been oft...
Isaiah 30:18 LORD H3068 wait H2442 (H8762) gracious H2603 (H8800) exalted H7311 (H8799) mercy H7355 ...
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....
_And therefore will the Lord wait, that He may be gracious unto you_ THE WAITING HOURS OF LIFE We are all familiar with the waiting hours of life, when the stream hardly seems to move, or the air to...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 30:18 THEREFORE THE LORD WAITS TO BE GRACIOUS TO YOU. Note the amazing logic of grace: God’s people forsake him for a false salvation (vv....
WAITING, DIVINE AND HUMAN Isaiah 30:18. _Therefore will the Lord wait_. [1126] [1126] In these outlines the Authorised Version has been followed, but the translations in which Delitzsch, Kay, and Che...
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 2:3; 2 Peter 3:15; 2 Peter 3:9; Acts 2:33; Acts 5:31;...
Wait — Patiently expect your repentance. Exalted — He will work gloriously. Judgment — Or mercy. That wait — In his way, with faith and patience....