Isaiah 30:1

Isaiah 30:1

Futile Confidence in Egypt

1 “Woe to the rebellious children,” says the Lord,
^a“Who take counsel, but not of Me,
And who¹ devise plans, but not of My Spirit,
^bThat they may add sin to sin;

2 ^aWho walk to go down to Egypt,
And ^bhave not asked My advice,
To strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh,
And to trust in the shadow of Egypt!

3 ^aTherefore the strength of Pharaoh
Shall be your shame,
And trust in the shadow of Egypt
Shall be your humiliation.

4 For his princes were at ^aZoan,
And his ambassadors came to Hanes.

5 ^aThey were all ashamed of a people who could not benefit them,
Or be help or benefit,
But a shame and also a reproach.”

6 ^aThe¹ burden against the beasts of the South.
Through a land of trouble and anguish,
From which came the lioness and lion,
^bThe viper and fiery flying serpent,
They will carry their riches on the backs of young donkeys,
And their treasures on the humps of camels,
To a people who shall not profit;

7 ^aFor the Egyptians shall help in vain and to no purpose.
Therefore I have called her
Rahab-Hem-Shebeth.

A Rebellious People

8 Now go, ^awrite it before them on a tablet,
And note it on a scroll,
That it may be for time to come,
Forever and ever:

9 That ^athis is a rebellious people,
Lying children,
Children who will not hear the law of the Lord;

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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THE THIRTIETH THROUGH THIRTY-SECOND CHAPTERS REFER PROBABLY TO THE SUMMER OF 714 BC, AS THE TWENTY-NINTH CHAPTER TO THE PASSOVER OF THAT YEAR. (Isa. 30:1-32)

take counsel—rather, as Isaiah 30:4, Isaiah 30:6 imply, "execute counsels."

cover . . . covering—that is, wrap themselves in reliances disloyal towards Jehovah. "Cover" thus answers to "seek to hide deeply their counsel from the Lord" (Isaiah 29:15). But the Hebrew is literally, "who pour out libations"; as it was by these that leagues were made (Exodus 24:8; Zechariah 9:11), translate, "who make a league."

not of—not suggested by My Spirit" (Numbers 27:21; Joshua 9:14).

that they may add—The consequence is here spoken of as their intention, so reckless were they of sinning: one sin entails the commission of another (Deuteronomy 29:19).

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Futile Confidence in Egypt

A Rebellious People

Isaiah 30:1

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