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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 30:8-17

Here, I. The preface is very awful. The prophet must not only preach this, but he must write it (Isa. 30:8), write it in a table, to be hung up and exposed to public view; he must carefully note it, not in loose papers which might be lost or torn, but in a book, to be preserved for posterity, in perpetuam rei memoriam?for a standing testimony against this wicked generation; let it remain not only to the next succeeding ages, but for ever and ever, while the world stands; and so it shall, for... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 30:8

Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book ,.... Meaning their sins, their rebellion against God, their trust in an arm of flesh, and contempt of the divine word; or the prophecy of their destruction, for these things; and both may be meant; which the Lord orders to be written before their eyes, in some public place, as in the temple, upon a table, a table of wood covered with wax, on which they formerly wrote, and then hung it up against a wall, that it might be read by... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 30:8

For ever and ever "For a testimony for ever" - לעד leed . So the Syriac, Chaldee, Vulgate, and Septuagint, in MSS. Pachom. and 1. D. 2: εις μαρτυριον , which two words have been lost out of the other copies of the Septuagint. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 30:8

Write it before them in a tablet ; i.e. " write the prophecy before them" (equivalent to " to be set up before them") " on a tablet," in the briefest possible form (comp. Isaiah 8:1 ). And note it in a book ; i.e. "and also make a full notation of it in a book," or parchment roll. The "tablet" was to be for the admonition of the living generation of men; the "book" was for future generations, to be a record of God's omniscience and faithfulness "forever and ever." That it... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 30:8

The written Word endures forever. There is always a permanency about written, that does not belong to uttered, speech. " Liters scripts manet ," said one Roman poet; " Exegi monumentum osre perennius ," said another, when he had completed a book of his odes. It was to secure continuance to human utterances that the act of writing was invented at the first; and it was probably long employed for no other purpose. The permanency, however, that attaches to ordinary writings is a limited... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 30:8-17

A RENEWAL OF THREATENING . The denunciation of the Egyptian alliance had been made viva voce , in the courts of the temple or in some other place of public resort. As he ended, Isaiah received a Divine intimation that the prophecy was to be put on record, doubly, upon a tablet and in a book. At the same time, the " rebelliousness " of the people was further pointed out, and fresh threats (verses 13, 14, and 17) were uttered against them. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 30:8-18

A testimony forever. The prophet pauses. Perhaps he hears an inner voice bidding him to write down a few words, such as the last significant Rahab . As in Isaiah 8:1 , the inscription is to be on a large tablet, set up in a conspicuous place, so that he who runs may read. Then he is to inscribe the prophecy more fully on a scroll. Litera scripta manet . The oracle, the oral utterance, transferred to parchment, becomes a κτῆμα εἰς ἀεί , a "possession forever." The perpetuity... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 30:8-18

Aspects of sin. This severe denunciation by the prophet of the sins of the Jews may remind us of some of the darker and sadder aspects of sin itself. I. THE PERMANENCY OF ITS RECORD . Isaiah was to record the guilt of "the rebellious children" in a book, that it might be there inscribed " for the time to come forever and ever." And in the sacred volume there stand written, to be read for all time, the accusations which the Lord brought against Israel; the record of their... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 30:8

Now go - This is a direction to the prophet to make a permanent record of the character of the Jewish people. The fact to be recorded was, that they were rebellious Isaiah 30:9; the design for which the record was to be made was to show to future times that this had been the uniform character of the nation. The record was to be preserved that it might be a proof of the care of God toward the nation even in the midst of their long-continued and obstinate perverseness.Write it before them -... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 30:8-11

Isaiah 30:8-11. Now go, write it before them Write this prophecy and warning, which I have now delivered, in their presence; in a table, and in a book So it was to be written twice over, once in a table, to be hung up in some public place, that all present might read it; and again in a book, that it might be kept for the use of posterity. That it may be for the time to come As a witness for me and against them, that I have given them fair warning, and that they have wilfully run upon... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 30:8-17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 30:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 30:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 30:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 30:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 30:8-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 30:8-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 30:8-18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 30:8

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 30:8-11

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