Isaiah 30
30
Do Not Go Down to Egypt
1“Ah, #[ch. 1:2, 4] stubborn children,” declares the Lord,
# [ch. 29:15] “who carry out a plan, but not mine,
and who make #ch. 25:7an alliance,#30:1 Hebrew who weave a web but not of my Spirit,
that they may add sin to sin;
2 # ch. 31:1; 36:6 who set out to go down to Egypt,
without asking for my direction,
to take refuge in the protection of Pharaoh
and to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt!
3 # [ver. 7; ch. 20:5] Therefore shall the protection of Pharaoh turn to your shame,
and the shelter in the shadow of Egypt to your humiliation.
4For though his officials are at #See ch. 19:11 Zoan
and #[Ezek. 17:15] his envoys reach #[Jer. 43:7]Hanes,
5everyone comes to shame
through #[ver. 7; Jer. 2:36]a people that cannot profit them,
that brings neither help nor profit,
but shame and disgrace.”
6An #See ch. 13:1 oracle on #[ch. 51:9; Ps. 68:30] the beasts of #[Acts 8:26] the Negeb.
Through a land of trouble and anguish,
from where come the lioness and the lion,
the adder and the #[Deut. 8:15]flying fiery serpent,
they carry their riches on the backs of donkeys,
and their treasures on the humps of camels,
to a people that cannot profit them.
7Egypt’s #ch. 36:6 help is worthless and empty;
therefore I have called her
# ch. 51:9 “Rahab who sits still.”
A Rebellious People
8And now, go, #Hab. 2:2write it before them on a tablet
and inscribe it in a book,
that it may be for the time to come
as a witness forever.#30:8 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Syriac, Targum, Vulgate, and Greek versions; Masoretic Text forever and ever
9 # ver. 1 For they are a rebellious people,
lying children,
children unwilling to hear
the instruction of the Lord;
10 #
Amos 2:12; [Amos 7:12, 13] who say to #See 1 Sam. 9:9 the seers, “Do not see,”
and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us what is right;
speak to us #[1 Kgs. 22:13]; See Jer. 28:1-11; Ezek. 13:8-16smooth things,
prophesy illusions,
11leave the way, turn aside from the path,
let us hear no more about the Holy One of Israel.”
12Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel,
“Because you despise this word
and trust in #[ch. 5:8, 20]oppression and perverseness
and rely on them,
13therefore this iniquity shall be to you
#
Ps. 62:3
like a breach in a high wall, bulging out and about to collapse,
whose breaking comes suddenly, in an instant;
14and its breaking is #Ps. 2:9like that of a potter’s vessel
that is smashed so ruthlessly
that among its fragments not a shard is found
with which to take fire from the hearth,
or to dip up water out of the cistern.”
15For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel,
“In #Hos. 14:1 returning#30:15 Or repentance and #[Ex. 14:14]rest you shall be saved;
in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.”
But you were unwilling, 16and you said,
“No! We will flee upon #ch. 31:1, 3; [Hos. 14:3]horses”;
therefore you shall flee away;
and, “We will ride upon swift steeds”;
therefore your pursuers shall be swift.
17 # [Lev. 26:8; Deut. 32:30] A thousand shall flee at the threat of one;
at the threat of five you shall flee,
till you are left
like a flagstaff on the top of a mountain,
like a signal on a hill.
The Lord Will Be Gracious
18Therefore the Lord #[Hab. 2:3] waits to be gracious to you,
and therefore he #ch. 5:16 exalts himself to show mercy to you.
For the Lord is a God of justice;
#
Ps. 2:12; 34:8; Prov. 16:20; Jer. 17:7 blessed are all those who wait for him.
19For a people shall dwell #[ch. 14:32]in Zion, in Jerusalem; you shall weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry. As soon as he hears it, he answers you. 20And though the Lord give you the #1 Kgs. 22:27; Ps. 127:2; [Ezek. 4:10, 11] bread of adversity and the #1 Kgs. 22:27; Ps. 127:2; [Ezek. 4:10, 11] water of affliction, #[ch. 3:1, 2]yet your Teacher will not hide himself anymore, but your eyes shall see your Teacher. 21#[Jer. 31:33, 34] And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is #ch. 35:8; [Acts 9:2]the way, walk in it,” when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left. 22Then you will defile your carved idols overlaid with silver and your gold-plated metal images. #ch. 2:20; 31:7; [Hos. 14:8]You will scatter them as unclean things. You will say to them, “Be gone!”
23 # [ch. 32:20; Ps. 144:13, 14] And he will give #[Jer. 5:24] rain for the seed with which you sow the ground, and bread, the produce of the ground, which will be rich and plenteous. #[Ps. 65:13]In that day your livestock will graze in large pastures, 24and #See Gen. 45:6the oxen and the donkeys that work the ground will eat seasoned fodder, which has been winnowed with shovel and fork. 25And #[ch. 33:21; Ps. 107:35; Joel 3:18] on every lofty mountain and every high hill there will be brooks running with water, in the day of the great slaughter, #ch. 32:19; [ch. 2:15]when the towers fall. 26#ch. 60:19, 20 Moreover, the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day when #[Hos. 6:1] the Lord binds up #[ch. 1:5, 6]the brokenness of his people, and heals the wounds inflicted by his blow.
27Behold, the name of the Lord comes from afar,
burning with his anger, and in thick rising smoke;#30:27 Hebrew in weight of uplifted clouds
his lips are full of fury,
and his tongue is like a devouring fire;
28 # ch. 11:4; 2 Thess. 2:8 his breath is #[ch. 8:8; Nah. 1:8] like an overflowing stream
that reaches up to the neck;
to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction,
and to place on the jaws of the peoples #ch. 37:29a bridle that leads astray.
29You shall have a song as in the night when a holy feast is kept, and gladness of heart, #1 Sam. 10:5; 1 Kgs. 1:40 as when one sets out to the sound of the flute to go to #ch. 2:3 the mountain of the Lord, to #ch. 26:4; 44:8; Deut. 32:18the Rock of Israel. 30And the Lord #Ps. 18:13 will cause his majestic voice to be heard and the descending blow of his arm to be seen, in furious anger #ch. 29:6 and a flame of devouring fire, with a cloudburst #ch. 28:2; [Josh. 10:11]and storm and hailstones. 31The Assyrians will be terror-stricken at the voice of the Lord, #ch. 9:4; [Mic. 6:9]when he strikes with his rod. 32And every stroke of the appointed staff that the Lord lays on them #Ex. 15:1 will be to the sound of tambourines and lyres. #ch. 11:15; 19:16; [ch. 2:19]Battling with brandished arm, he will fight with them. 33For #2 Kgs. 23:10; Jer. 7:31 a burning place#30:33 Or For Topheth has long been prepared; indeed, for the king it is made ready, #Ezek. 24:9, 10 its pyre made deep and wide, with fire and wood in abundance; #Ps. 18:8; Ezek. 20:48the breath of the Lord, like a stream of sulfur, kindles it.
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Isaiah 30
30
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1Wo unto the rebellious children, saith Jehovah,
Who form counsels, but not from me;
And make oblations, but not by my spirit:
That they may add sin to sin.
2Who set forward to go down to Egypt;
But have not inquired at my mouth:
To strengthen themselves with the strength of Pharaoh;
And to trust in the shadow of Egypt.
3But the strength of Pharaoh shall be your shame;
And your trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
4When his princes were at Zoan,
And his ambassadors arrived at Hanes:
5They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them;
Nor be an help nor profit;
But a shame and also a reproach.
6THE ORACLE CONCERNING THE BEASTS OF THE SOUTH.
Through a land of distress and difficulty,
From whence come the lioness and the lion,
The viper and the flying fiery serpent,
They carry on the shoulder of young asses their wealth;
And on the bunch of the camel their treasures;
To a people that shall not profit them:
7For Egypt shall help in vain, and to no purpose;
Wherefore I have called her, Rahab Hem Shabeth.
8Now, go write it for them on a tablet;
And note it in a book:
That it might be for time to come;
For ever and ever.
9For this is a rebellious people, lying children;
Children, who will not hear the law of Jehovah;
10Who say to the seers, See not;
And to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us rightthings;
Speak unto us smooth things;
Prophesy deceits.
11Get you out of the way,
Turn out of the path;
Cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
12Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel:
Because ye have rejected this word,
And have trusted in oppression and perverseness;
And have stayed thereon:
13Therefore this iniquity shall be unto you
Like a breach ready to fall, bulging out in a high wall;
Whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.
14And it shall be broken, as the breaking of a potter's vessel that is broken in pieces;
He shall not spare;
So that there shall not be found a sherd among its fragments,
To take up fire from the hearth,
Or to take water from the cistern.
15Verily thus saith the Lord Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel:
In returning and rest should ye have been saved;
In quietness and in confidence should have been your strength;
But ye would not.
16And ye said: No, for we will flee upon horses;
Therefore shall ye certainly flee:
And, we will ride upon swift coursers;
Therefore shall they be made swift that pursue you.
17One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one;
At the rebuke of five shall ye flee:
Till ye be left as a standard on the summit of a mountain;
And as a beacon on an hill.
18And therefore shall Jehovah delay, that he may be gracious unto you;
And therefore shall he withdraw himself that he may have mercy upon you;
For Jehovah is a God of judgment;
Blessed are all they that wait for him.
19Surely the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem:
Thou shalt weep no more:
He will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry;
No sooner shall he hear it, than he will answer thee.
20And the Lord shall give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction;
And thy teachers shall not be hid any more;
But thine eyes shall see thy teachers:
21And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee,
Saying: This is the way, walk ye in it:
When ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
22And ye shall defile the covering of your graven images of silver,
And the clothing of your molten images of gold:
Thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth;
Thou shalt say unto them, Begone.
23Then shall he give rain for thy seed,
With which thou shalt sow thy ground,
And bread of the produce of the ground;
And it shall be abundant and plenteous:
And thy cattle shall feed in that day in large pastures.
24And the oxen, and the young asses, that till the ground,
Shall eat clean provender,
Which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.
25And there shall be upon every high mountain,
And upon every lofty hill,
Brooks, even streams of water,
In the day of the great slaughter,
When the towers fall.
26Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun,
And the light of the sun shall be sevenfold,
As the light of seven days:
In the day when Jehovah shall bind up the breach of his people;
And shall heal the wound which his stroke hath inflicted.
27Behold! the name of Jehovah cometh from afar,
His wrath burneth, and vehement is the flame;
His lips are full of indignation,
And his tongue is as a consuming fire.
28And his breath is like an overflowing torrent,
That reacheth to the middle of the neck;
To sift the nations with the sieve of destruction:
And there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people causing them to err.
29Ye shall have a song, as in the night when the feast
is celebrated;
And gladness of heart, as when one marcheth after the pipe,
To go to the mountain of Jehovah, to the rock of Israel.
30And Jehovah shall cause his glorious voice to be heard,
And make the descending of his arm to be seen,
With indignant wrath, and with a flame of consuming fire;
With a violent storm, and rushing showers, and hailstones.
31When at the voice of Jehovah the Assyrian shall be beaten down,
Then with the rod He shall smite.
32And wherever the appointed rod shall pass,
Which Jehovah shall cause to rest upon him;
It shall be accompanied with tabrets and harps;
And with fierce battles shall He fight against them.
33For Tophet is ordained of old,
Even the same for the king is prepared;
He hath made it deep; he hath made it large;
The pile thereof, fire and wood in abundance:
The breath of Jehovah, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
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Translated by Rev John Jones (Ioan Tegid).Published at Oxford in 1830, second edition 1842.