Isaiah 30
30
Judah Warned against Egyptian Alliance
1“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the Lord,
“Who execute a plan, but not Mine,
And #30:1 Lit pour out a drink offeringmake an alliance, but not of My Spirit,
In order to add sin to sin;
2Who proceed down to Egypt
Without consulting #30:2 Lit My mouthMe,
To take refuge in the safety of Pharaoh,
And to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt!
3“Therefore the safety of Pharaoh will be your shame,
And the shelter in the shadow of Egypt, your humiliation.
4“For their officials are at Zoan
And their ambassadors arrive at Hanes.
5“Everyone will be ashamed because of a people who do not benefit them,
Who are not a help or benefit, but a source of shame and also disgrace.”
6The pronouncement concerning the animals of the Negev:
Through a land of distress and anguish,
From #30:6 Lit themwhere come lioness and lion, viper and flying serpent,
They carry their riches on the #30:6 Lit shouldersbacks of young donkeys,
And their treasures on camels’ humps,
To a people who will not benefit them;
7Even Egypt, whose help is vain and empty.
Therefore, I have called #30:7 Lit this oneher
“#30:7 MT They are Rahab or arrogance, to remain; i.e., Egypt, as a sea monster; see note Job 26:12Rahab who has been exterminated.”
8Now go, write it on a tablet in their presence
And inscribe it on a scroll,
That it may #30:8 Lit beserve in the time to come
# 30:8 As in most ancient versions; MT Forever and ever As a witness forever.
9For this is a rebellious people, false sons,
Sons who #30:9 Lit are not willingrefuse to listen
To the #30:9 Or Lawinstruction of the Lord;
10Who say to the seers, “You must not see visions”;
And to the prophets, “You must not prophesy the truth to us.
Speak to us #30:10 Lit smooth thingspleasant words,
Prophesy illusions.
11“Get out of the way, turn aside from the path,
Stop speaking before us about the Holy One of Israel!”
12Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says:
“Since you have rejected this word
And have put your trust in oppression and crookedness, and have relied on them,
13Therefore this wrongdoing will be to you
Like a breach about to fall,
A bulge in a high wall,
Whose collapse comes suddenly in an instant,
14Whose collapse is like the smashing of a potter’s jar,
# 30:14 Lit Crushed, it will not be spared So ruthlessly shattered
That a shard will not be found among its pieces
To #30:14 Lit snatch uptake fire from a hearth
Or to scoop water from a cistern.”
15For this is what the Lord #30:15 Heb YHWH, usually rendered LordGod, the Holy One of Israel, has said:
“In #30:15 Lit returningrepentance and rest you will be saved,
In quietness and trust is your strength.”
But you were not willing,
16And you said, “No, for we will flee on horses!”
Therefore you shall flee!
“And we will ride on swift horses!”
Therefore those who pursue you shall be swift.
17One thousand will flee at the threat of one man;
You will flee at the threat of five,
Until you are left like a signal post on a mountain top,
And like a flag on a hill.
God Is Gracious and Just
18¶Therefore the Lord #30:18 Lit waitslongs to be gracious to you,
And therefore He #30:18 Lit is on highwaits on high to have compassion on you.
For the Lord is a God of justice;
How blessed are all those who #30:18 Lit waitlong for Him.
19 # 30:19 MT For a people will inhabit Zion, Jerusalem For, you people in Zion, inhabitant in Jerusalem, you will weep no longer. He will certainly be gracious to you at the sound of your cry; when He hears it, He will answer you. 20Although the Lord has given you bread of deprivation and water of oppression, He, your Teacher, will no longer hide Himself, but your eyes will see your Teacher. 21Your ears will hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” whenever you turn to the right or to the left. 22And you will desecrate your carved images plated with silver, and your cast metal images plated with gold. You will scatter them as a filthy thing, and say to #30:22 Lit it “Go out”them, “Be gone!”
23Then He will give you rain for your seed which you will sow in the ground, and bread from the yield of the ground, and it will be #30:23 Lit fatnessrich and #30:23 Lit fatplentiful; on that day your livestock will graze in a wide pasture. 24Also the oxen and the donkeys that work the ground will eat #30:24 Lit sorrel-seasonedseasoned feed, which #30:24 Lit one winnowshas been winnowed with shovel and pitchfork. 25And on every lofty mountain and every high hill there will be #30:25 Lit canals, streams of waterstreams running with water on the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall. 26And the light of the full moon will be like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven days, on the day the Lord binds up the fracture of His people and heals the wound #30:26 Lit of His blowHe has inflicted.
27¶Behold, the name of the Lord comes from a #30:27 Lit distanceremote place;
His anger is burning and #30:27 Lit heavinessdense with #30:27 Lit upliftingsmoke;
His lips are filled with indignation,
And His tongue is like a consuming fire;
28His breath is like an overflowing river,
Which reaches to the neck,
To shake the nations back and forth in a #30:28 Lit sifting of the worthlesssieve,
And to put in the jaws of the peoples the bridle which leads astray.
29You will have #30:29 Lit the songsongs as in the night when you keep the festival,
And gladness of heart as when one marches to the sound of the flute,
To go to the mountain of the Lord, to the Rock of Israel.
30And the Lord will cause #30:30 Lit the majesty of His voiceHis voice of authority to be heard,
And the #30:30 Lit descentdescending of His arm to be seen in fierce anger,
And in the flame of a consuming fire
In cloudburst, downpour, and hailstones.
31For at the voice of the Lord Assyria will be terrified,
When He strikes with the rod.
32And every #30:32 Lit passingblow of the #30:32 Lit staff of foundationrod of punishment,
Which the Lord will lay on him,
Will be with the music of tambourines and lyres;
And in battles, brandishing weapons, He will fight them.
33For #30:33 I.e., the place of human sacrifice to MolechTopheth has long been ready,
Indeed, it has been prepared for the king.
He has made it deep and large,
# 30:33 Lit Its pile A pyre of fire with plenty of wood;
The breath of the Lord, like a torrent of brimstone, sets it afire.
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Isaiah 30
30
Judah’s Worthless Treaty with Egypt
1“What sorrow awaits my rebellious children,”
says the Lord.
“You make plans that are contrary to mine.
You make alliances not directed by my Spirit,
thus piling up your sins.
2For without consulting me,
you have gone down to Egypt for help.
You have put your trust in Pharaoh’s protection.
You have tried to hide in his shade.
3But by trusting Pharaoh, you will be humiliated,
and by depending on him, you will be disgraced.
4For though his power extends to Zoan
and his officials have arrived in Hanes,
5all who trust in him will be ashamed.
He will not help you.
Instead, he will disgrace you.”
6This message came to me concerning the animals in the Negev:
The caravan moves slowly
across the terrible desert to Egypt—
donkeys weighed down with riches
and camels loaded with treasure—
all to pay for Egypt’s protection.
They travel through the wilderness,
a place of lionesses and lions,
a place where vipers and poisonous snakes live.
All this, and Egypt will give you nothing in return.
7Egypt’s promises are worthless!
Therefore, I call her Rahab—
the Harmless Dragon.#30:7 Hebrew Rahab who sits still. Rahab is the name of a mythical sea monster that represents chaos in ancient literature. The name is used here as a poetic name for Egypt.
A Warning for Rebellious Judah
8Now go and write down these words.
Write them in a book.
They will stand until the end of time
as a witness
9that these people are stubborn rebels
who refuse to pay attention to the Lord’s instructions.
10They tell the seers,
“Stop seeing visions!”
They tell the prophets,
“Don’t tell us what is right.
Tell us nice things.
Tell us lies.
11Forget all this gloom.
Get off your narrow path.
Stop telling us about your
‘Holy One of Israel.’”
12This is the reply of the Holy One of Israel:
“Because you despise what I tell you
and trust instead in oppression and lies,
13calamity will come upon you suddenly—
like a bulging wall that bursts and falls.
In an instant it will collapse
and come crashing down.
14You will be smashed like a piece of pottery—
shattered so completely that
there won’t be a piece big enough
to carry coals from a fireplace
or a little water from the well.”
15This is what the Sovereign Lord,
the Holy One of Israel, says:
“Only in returning to me
and resting in me will you be saved.
In quietness and confidence is your strength.
But you would have none of it.
16You said, ‘No, we will get our help from Egypt.
They will give us swift horses for riding into battle.’
But the only swiftness you are going to see
is the swiftness of your enemies chasing you!
17One of them will chase a thousand of you.
Five of them will make all of you flee.
You will be left like a lonely flagpole on a hill
or a tattered banner on a distant mountaintop.”
Blessings for the Lord’s People
18So the Lord must wait for you to come to him
so he can show you his love and compassion.
For the Lord is a faithful God.
Blessed are those who wait for his help.
19O people of Zion, who live in Jerusalem,
you will weep no more.
He will be gracious if you ask for help.
He will surely respond to the sound of your cries.
20Though the Lord gave you adversity for food
and suffering for drink,
he will still be with you to teach you.
You will see your teacher with your own eyes.
21Your own ears will hear him.
Right behind you a voice will say,
“This is the way you should go,”
whether to the right or to the left.
22Then you will destroy all your silver idols
and your precious gold images.
You will throw them out like filthy rags,
saying to them, “Good riddance!”
23Then the Lord will bless you with rain at planting time. There will be wonderful harvests and plenty of pastureland for your livestock. 24The oxen and donkeys that till the ground will eat good grain, its chaff blown away by the wind. 25In that day, when your enemies are slaughtered and the towers fall, there will be streams of water flowing down every mountain and hill. 26The moon will be as bright as the sun, and the sun will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days in one! So it will be when the Lord begins to heal his people and cure the wounds he gave them.
27Look! The Lord is coming from far away,
burning with anger,
surrounded by thick, rising smoke.
His lips are filled with fury;
his words consume like fire.
28His hot breath pours out like a flood
up to the neck of his enemies.
He will sift out the proud nations for destruction.
He will bridle them and lead them away to ruin.
29But the people of God will sing a song of joy,
like the songs at the holy festivals.
You will be filled with joy,
as when a flutist leads a group of pilgrims
to Jerusalem, the mountain of the Lord—
to the Rock of Israel.
30And the Lord will make his majestic voice heard.
He will display the strength of his mighty arm.
It will descend with devouring flames,
with cloudbursts, thunderstorms, and huge hailstones.
31At the Lord’s command, the Assyrians will be shattered.
He will strike them down with his royal scepter.
32And as the Lord strikes them with his rod of punishment,#30:32 As in some Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac version; Masoretic Text reads with the founded rod.
his people will celebrate with tambourines and harps.
Lifting his mighty arm, he will fight the Assyrians.
33Topheth—the place of burning—
has long been ready for the Assyrian king;
the pyre is piled high with wood.
The breath of the Lord, like fire from a volcano,
will set it ablaze.
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