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Selected Verse: Isaiah 30:18 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Isa 30:18 |
Strong Concordance |
And therefore will the LORD [03068] wait [02442], that he may be gracious [02603] unto you, and therefore will he be exalted [07311], that he may have mercy [07355] upon you: for the LORD [03068] is a God [0430] of judgment [04941]: blessed [0835] are all they that wait [02442] for him. |
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King James |
And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
therefore--on account of your wicked perverseness (Isa 30:1-2, Isa 30:9, Isa 30:15-16), Jehovah will delay to be gracious [HORSLEY]. Rather, wait or delay in punishing, to give you time for repentance (Isa 30:13-14, Isa 30:17) [MAURER]. Or, "Yet therefore" (namely, because of the distress spoken of in the previous verses; that distress will lead the Jews to repentance, and so Jehovah will pity them) [GESENIUS].
be exalted--Men will have more elevated views of God's mercy; or else, "He will rise up to pity you" [G. V. SMITH]. Or (taking the previous clause as MAURER, "Therefore Jehovah will delay" in punishing you, "in order that He may be gracious to you," if ye repent), He will be far removed from you (so in Psa 10:5, far above out sight); that is, He will not immediately descend to punish, "in order that He may have mercy," &c.
judgment--justice; faithfulness to His covenant.
wait--compare Isa 30:15, wait, namely, for His times of having mercy. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
And therefore - The sense of the words rendered 'and therefore,' may be better expressed by the phrase, 'yet moreover,' meaning, that notwithstanding their sins, and the necessity of punishing them, Yahweh would be longsuffering, and would yet bring the nation to repentance.
And therefore will he be exalted - Lowth renders this in accordance with a conjecture of Houbigant, 'Shall he expect in silence, by reading ידוּם yâdûm instead of ירוּם yârûm. But there is no authority for this except a single MS. Rosenmuller supposes it means, in accordance with the interpretation of Jarchi, that he would delay, that is, that his mercy would be "long" or his judgment remote. But the sense seems to be, that God would be so forbearing that his character would be "exalted," that is, that people would have more elevated conceptions of his truth, mercy, and faithfulness.
For the Lord is a God of judgment - He will do what is right. He will spare the nation still; and yet establish among them the true religion, and they shall flourish.
Blessed are all they that wait for him - This seems to have been recorded to encourage them, when the threatened calamities should come upon them, to put their confidence in God, and to trust that he would yet appear and restore the nation to himself. This verse is the commencement of the annunciation of the blessings which should yet be conferred on them. The description of these blessings is continued to Isa 30:26. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| The prophet now proceeds with ולכן, to which we cannot give any other meaning than et propterea, which it has everywhere else. The thought of the prophet is the perpetually recurring one, that Israel would have to be reduced to a small remnant before Jehovah would cease from His wrath. "And therefore will Jehovah wait till He inclines towards you, and therefore will He withdraw Himself on high till He has mercy upon you; for Jehovah is a God of right, salvation to those who wait for Him." In other places lâkhēn (therefore) deduces the punishment from the sin; here it infers, from the nature of the punishment, the long continuance of the divine wrath. Chikkâh, to wait, connected as it is here with Lamed, has at least the idea, if not the actual signification, of delay (as in Kg2 9:3; compare Job 32:4). This helps to determine the sense of yârūm, which does not mean, He will show Himself exalted as a judge, that through judgment He may render it possible to have mercy upon you (which is too far-fetched a meaning); but, He will raise Himself up, so as to be far away (cf., Num 16:45, "Get you up from among this congregation;" and Psa 10:5, mârōm = "far above," as far as heaven, out of his sight), that thus (after having for a long time withdrawn His gracious presence; cf., Hos 5:6) He may bestow His mercy upon you. A dark prospect, but only alarming to unbelievers. The salvation at the remotest end of the future belongs to believers even now. This is affirmed in the word 'ashrē (blessed), which recalls Psa 2:12. The prophet uses châkhâh in a very significant double sense here, just as he did nuus a short time before. Jehovah is waiting for the time when He can show His favour once more, and blessed are they who meet His waiting with their own waiting. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Wait - Patiently expect your repentance. Exalted - He will work gloriously. Judgment - Or mercy. That wait - In his way, with faith and patience. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| And therefore will he be exalted "Even for this shall he expect in silence" - For ירום yarum, he shall be exalted, which belongs not to this place, Houbigant reads ידום yadum, he shall be silent: and so it seems to be in a MS. Another MS. instead of it reads ישוב yashub, he shall return. The mistakes occasioned by the similitude of the letters ד daleth and ר resh are very frequent, as the reader may have already observed. |
15 For thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069], the Holy One [06918] of Israel [03478]; In returning [07729] and rest [05183] shall ye be saved [03467]; in quietness [08252] and in confidence [0985] shall be your strength [01369]: and ye would [014] not.
5 His ways [01870] are always [06256] grievous [02342]; thy judgments [04941] are far above [04791] out of his sight: as for all his enemies [06887], he puffeth [06315] at them.
17 One [0259] thousand [0505] shall flee at [06440] the rebuke [01606] of one [0259]; at [06440] the rebuke [01606] of five [02568] shall ye flee [05127]: till ye be left [03498] as a beacon [08650] upon the top [07218] of a mountain [02022], and as an ensign [05251] on an hill [01389].
13 Therefore this iniquity [05771] shall be to you as a breach [06556] ready to fall [05307], swelling out [01158] in a high [07682] wall [02346], whose breaking [07667] cometh [0935] suddenly [06597] at an instant [06621].
14 And he shall break [07665] it as the breaking [07667] of the potters [03335] ' vessel [05035] that is broken in pieces [03807]; he shall not spare [02550]: so that there shall not be found [04672] in the bursting [04386] of it a sherd [02789] to take [02846] fire [0784] from the hearth [03344], or to take [02834] water [04325] withal out of the pit [01360].
15 For thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069], the Holy One [06918] of Israel [03478]; In returning [07729] and rest [05183] shall ye be saved [03467]; in quietness [08252] and in confidence [0985] shall be your strength [01369]: and ye would [014] not.
16 But ye said [0559], No; for we will flee [05127] upon horses [05483]; therefore shall ye flee [05127]: and, We will ride [07392] upon the swift [07031]; therefore shall they that pursue [07291] you be swift [07043].
9 That this is a rebellious [04805] people [05971], lying [03586] children [01121], children [01121] that will [014] not hear [08085] the law [08451] of the LORD [03068]:
1 Woe [01945] to the rebellious [05637] children [01121], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], that take [06213] counsel [06098], but not of me; and that cover [05258] with a covering [04541], but not of my spirit [07307], that they may add [05595] sin [02403] to sin [02403]:
2 That walk [01980] to go down [03381] into Egypt [04714], and have not asked [07592] at my mouth [06310]; to strengthen [05810] themselves in the strength [04581] of Pharaoh [06547], and to trust [02620] in the shadow [06738] of Egypt [04714]!
26 Moreover the light [0216] of the moon [03842] shall be as the light [0216] of the sun [02535], and the light [0216] of the sun [02535] shall be sevenfold [07659], as the light [0216] of seven [07651] days [03117], in the day [03117] that the LORD [03068] bindeth up [02280] the breach [07667] of his people [05971], and healeth [07495] the stroke [04273] of their wound [04347].
12 Kiss [05401] the Son [01248], lest he be angry [0599], and ye perish [06] from the way [01870], when his wrath [0639] is kindled [01197] but a little [04592]. Blessed [0835] are all they that put their trust [02620] in him.
6 They shall go [03212] with their flocks [06629] and with their herds [01241] to seek [01245] the LORD [03068]; but they shall not find [04672] him; he hath withdrawn [02502] himself from them.
5 His ways [01870] are always [06256] grievous [02342]; thy judgments [04941] are far above [04791] out of his sight: as for all his enemies [06887], he puffeth [06315] at them.
45 Get you up [07426] from among [08432] this congregation [05712], that I may consume [03615] them as in a moment [07281]. And they fell [05307] upon their faces [06440].
4 Now Elihu [0453] had waited [02442] till Job [0347] had spoken [01697], because they were elder [02205] [03117] than he.
3 Then take [03947] the box [06378] of oil [08081], and pour [03332] it on his head [07218], and say [0559], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], I have anointed [04886] thee king [04428] over Israel [03478]. Then open [06605] the door [01817], and flee [05127], and tarry [02442] not.