Isaiah 30:20

And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: AND (THOUGH) THE LORD GIVE YOU THE BREAD OF ADVERSITY. The though is not in the original. 'The Lord will give you bread' and "water," attended with trials for a time, as the preliminary discipline needed for ultimately bestowing the fullest blessings, temporal and spiritual, upon you. BREAD OF ADVERSITY - He will not deny you food enough to save you in your adversity (1 Kings 22:27; Psalms 127:2). THY TEACHERS BE REMOVED INTO A CORNER - or else, wing their flight away ( yikaaneep ...

20._When the Lord shall have given you. _He continues the same subject, and strengthens believers, that they may not faint; for patience springs from the hope of a more prosperous issue. Accordingly, he prepares them for enduring future chastisement, for the wrath of God will press hard on them for a time; but he immediately promises that a joyful issue awaits them, when they shall have endured those calamities and distresses; for God will restrain his severity. Thus, I consider ו (_vau_) to mean “When” or “After;” as if he had said, “_When _you shall have endured those troubles, then will the Lord bless you; for he will change your condition for the better.” _Thy rain shall no longer be restrained. _(300) The word מורה (_mōrĕh_) is viewed by some commentators as meaning “a teacher.” But this does not agree with th

19-26 God's people will soon arrive at the Zion above, and then they will weep no more for ever. Even now they would have more comfort, as well as holiness, if they were more constant in prayer. A famine of bread is not so great a judgment as a famine of the word of God. There are right-hand and left-hand errors; the tempter is busy courting us into by-paths. It is happy if, by the counsels of a faithful minister or friend, or the checks of conscience, and the strivings of God the Spirit, we are set right when doubting, and prevented from going wrong. They shall be cured of their idolatry. To all true penitents sin becomes very hateful. This is shown daily in the conversion of souls, by the power of Divine grace, to the fear and love of God. Abundant means of grace, with the influences of the Holy Spirit, would be extended to places destitute of them. The effect of this should be comfor...

Verse Isaiah 30:20. _THOUGH THE LORD _- "Though JEHOVAH"] For אדני _Adonai_, sixteen MSS. and three editions have יהוה _Yehovah_, many of _De_ _Rossi's_ have the same reading; all my own have יהוה _Yehovah_....

AND THOUGH THE LORD GIVE YOU THE BREAD OF ADVERSITY - The bread that is eaten in a time of calamity; that is, he would bring upon them sore distress and want. THE WATER OF AFFLICTION - Margin, ‘Oppression.’ That is, water drank in times of affliction and oppression, or in the long and weary days of captivity. YET SHALL NOT THY TEACHERS - Your public instructors and guides Psalms 74:9; Isaiah 43:27; Daniel 12:3; Amos 8:11. This refers to “all” those who would be the true guides and teachers of the people of God in subsequent times; a

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 glanced at and condemned; now it is openly declared and rebuked. The rulers are warned that no good can possibly come of it, even in a worldly sense. The Egyptians will give no aid, or at any rate no effectual aid. The sums expended in purchasing their friendship will be utterly thrown away. ISAIAH 30:1 WOE TO THE REBELLIOUS CHILDREN (comp....

AND [THOUGH] THE LORD GIVE YOU THE BREAD OF ADVERSITY, AND THE WATER OF AFFLICTION,.... Either at this present time, when the city was besieged by Sennacherib; or when it should be besieged by the Chaldeans, when adversity was their bread, and affliction their water; or when they had only bread and water in their adversity and affliction; or a famine of bread and water, as is common in times of a siege. It may refer to the poor, and mean, and afflicted state of the people of God, in the first times of the Gospel especially: YET SHALL NOT THY TEACHERS BE REMOVED INTO A CORNER ANY MORE; or, "thy rain" b, as some interpret it; one and the same word signifies both rain and a teacher, because doctrine from the mouth of a teacher drops like rain upon the tender herb, and as showers on the grass; and is to be understood, not merely in a literal sense, of rain, and fruitfulness by it, in opposi...

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 encouragement (Isaiah 30:15)_ 4. _The nation blest and restored (Isaiah 30:18)_ 5. _Idolatry ceases and the land restored (Isaiah 30:22)_ 6. _The accomplishment by the coming of the Lord (Isaiah 30:27)_ While this chapter had a si

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 prayer (Isaiah 65:24). Even though they have been reduced to the barest necessities, yet Yahweh Himself shall be the teacher, His voice guiding them in the right way. The idols will be cast away, agriculture will flourish, the early rain at sowing-time will not fail, there shall be abundance of food for man, ample pasturage for the cattle. The oxen and asses will eat provender separated from its chaff and made savoury with salt (_mg.)._ Even the mountains will run down with water in the day when Yahweh smites the foe with a great slaughter. The moon shall shine like the sun, and the sun with a sevenfold light....

THOUGH. Omit "though", and read it as. direct promise: "Jehovah will give you affliction [as] bread and adversity [as] water". LORD*. Jehovah (App-4). One of the 134 places where the Sopherim changed Jehovah of the primitive text for Adonai. Some codices, with three early printed editions, read "Jehovah" in the text. YET SHALL NOT THY TEACHERS. and thy teachers shall not. CORNER. Hebrew occurs only here. TEACHERS. Perhaps plural of Majesty. thy great Teacher (i.e. Jehovah). BE REMOVED INTO. CORNER. hide Himself. SEE. be clearly seeing....