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Isaiah 30:17
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15 For thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel:
a“In returning and rest you shall be saved;
In quietness and confidence shall be your strength.”
bBut you would not, 
16 And 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!
17 aOne thousand shall flee at the threat of one,
At the threat of five you shall flee,
Till you are left as a1 pole on top of a mountain
And as a banner on a hill. 

God Will Be Gracious

18 Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be agracious to you;
And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you.
For the Lord is a God of justice;
bBlessed are all those who cwait for Him. 
19 For the people ashall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem;
You shall bweep no more.
He will be very gracious to you at the sound of your cry;
When He hears it, He will canswer you. 
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Isaiah 30:17

At the rebuke of five shall ye flee "At the rebuke of five, ten thousand of you shall flee" - In the second line of this verse a word is manifestly omitted, which should answer to one thousand in the first: the Septuagint supply , rabbim . But the true word is rebabah , as I am persuaded any one will be convinced, who will compare the following passages with this place: -

"How should one chase a thousand;

And two put ten thousand ( ) to flight?"

Deuteronomy 32:30.

"And five of you shall chase a hundred;

And a hundred of you shall chase ( ) ten thousand."

Leviticus 26:8.


 
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