Isaiah 30:17

Isaiah 30:17

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:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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One thousand—A thousand at once, or, "As one man" [MAURER].

rebuke—the battle cry.

shall ye—at the rebuke of five shall ye, namely, all (in contrast to the "one thousand") flee so utterly that even two shall not be left together, but each one shall be as solitary "as a signal staff" [G. V. SMITH], or "a banner on a hill" (Isaiah 5:26; Isaiah 11:12). The signal staff was erected to rally a nation in war. The remnant of Jews left would be beacons to warn all men of the justice of God, and the truth of His threatenings. GESENIUS (from Leviticus 26:8; Deuteronomy 32:30) arbitrarily inserts "ten thousand." "At the rebuke of five shall ten thousand of you flee."

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