Isaiah 30:1

CHAPTER XXX

The Jews reproved for their reliance on Egypt, 1-7.

Threatened for their obstinate adherence to this alliance,

8-17.

Images the most elegant and lofty, by which the intense

gloriousness of Messiah's reign at the period when all Israel

shall be added to the Church is beautifully set forth, 18-26.

Dreadful fall of Sennacherib's army, an event most manifestly

typical of the terrible and sudden overthrow of Antichrist; as,

unless this typical reference be admitted, no possible

connexion can be imagined between the stupendous events which

took place in Hezekiah's reign, and the very remote and

inconceivably more glorious displays of Divine vengeance and

mercy in the days of the Messiah, 27-33.

NOTES ON CHAP. XXX

Verse Isaiah 30:1. And that cover with a covering - "Who ratify covenants"] Heb. "Who pour out a libation." Sacrifice and libation were ceremonies constantly used, in ancient times by most nations in the ratifying of covenants: a libation therefore is used for a covenant, as in Greek the word σπονδη, for the same reason, stands for both. This seems to be the most easy explication of the Hebrew phrase, and it has the authority of the Septuagint, εποιησατε συνθηκας.