Isaiah 30:22-26 NKJV,NLT

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 30:18-26

The closing words of the foregoing paragraph (You shall be left as a beacon upon a mountain) some understand as a promise that a remnant of them should be reserved as monuments of mercy; and here the prophet tells them what good times should succeed these calamities. Or the first words in this paragraph may be read by way of antithesis, Notwithstanding this, yet will the Lord wait that he may be gracious. The prophet, having shown that those who made Egypt their confidence would be ashamed of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 30:22

Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver ,.... Images made of solid silver, covered with rich and costly garments; or images covered and decorated with plates of silver; see Jeremiah 10:4 these they not only pulled down and defaced, but defiled, to show their contempt and abhorrence of them: and the ornament of thy molten images of gold ; images made of solid gold, covered with an ephod, as the word here used signifies; such an one as the high priest wore, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 30:23

Then shall he give thee rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal ,.... Or, "rain to thy seed" F6 מטר זרעך "sementi tuae", Piscator; "semini tuo", V. L. Tigurine version. ; that is, when the seed is sown in the earth, the Lord will give the former rain, and cause it to take root, and spring up: and bread of the increase of the earth ; the earth, being watered with rain, should give its increase of corn, of which bread should be made; so that there would be seed to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 30:24

The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground ,.... Or till it; for though these might not be joined together in a yoke, yet they were made use of separately in ploughing land, Deuteronomy 22:10 , shall eat clean provender ; the word for "provender" signifies a mixture, such as cattle eat, especially horses, as beans, oats, barley, and fitches, and of which there should be such plenty, that the cattle should eat of it; not of the chaff and husks of these, nor these in their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 30:25

And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill ,.... Which were round about Jerusalem, and in other parts of Judea: rivers and streams of water ; such abundance of rain, that it should flow in streams like rivers, from the higher to the lower lands, and water them. This may in a spiritual sense be understood of the great plenty of the ministry of the Gospel, in all the kingdoms of the world, great and small, signified by mountains and hills; and which may also... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 30:26

Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun ,.... An hyperbolical expression, used to set forth the exceeding great light of the Gospel under the dispensation of it, which would as far exceed the light of the former dispensation, comparable to the moon, as the light of the sun exceeds the light of the moon; as also that great degree of spiritual joy and comfort that should be in those times, especially in the latter day; and the Jews themselves apply this to the times of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 30:22

Ye shall defile "Ye shall treat as defiled" - The very prohibition of Moses, Deuteronomy 7:25 , only thrown out of the prose into the poetical form: "The graven images of their gods ye shall burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or the gold that is on them; nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein; for it is an abomination to Jehovah thy God." read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 30:25

When the towers fall "When the mighty fall" - מגדלים migdalim , μεγαλους , Sym.; μεγαλυνομενους , Aquila; רברבין rabrebin , Chard.; all signifying mighty sizes. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 30:26

Shall be sevenfold - The text adds הימים שבעת כאור keor shibath haiyamayim , "as the light of seven days, "a manifest gloss, taken in from the margin; it is not in most of the copies of the Septuagint. It interrupts the rhythmical construction, and obscures the sense by a false, or at least an unnecessary, interpretation. By moon, sun, light, are to be understood the abundance of spiritual and temporal felicity with which God should bless them in the days of the Messiah, which should... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 30:18-26

A RENEWAL OF PROMISE . The denunciations of the preceding passage ( Isaiah 30:9-17 ) had been so terrible that, without some counterpoise of promise, they must have produced a general despair. This was not the Divine purpose. Judah's probation still continued. Therefore it was necessary to let it be seen that the Divine long-suffering was not yet exhausted—there were still conditions under which God would be gracious to his people. The conditions were "crying to the Lord" ( Isaiah... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 30:18-26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 30:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 30:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 30:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 30:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 30:26

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 30:22

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 30:25

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 30:26

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 30:18-26

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