Isaiah 30:18

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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.

20 And though the Lord gives you
^aThe bread of adversity and the water of¹ affliction,
Yet ^byour teachers will not be moved into a corner anymore,
But your eyes shall see your teachers.

21 Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying,
“This is the way, walk in it,”
Whenever you ^aturn to the right hand
Or whenever you turn to the left.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Isaiah 30:18

And therefore will he be exalted "Even for this shall he expect in silence" - For yarum , he shall be exalted, which belongs not to this place, Houbigant reads yadum , he shall be silent: and so it seems to be in a MS. Another MS. instead of it reads yashub , he shall return. The mistakes occasioned by the similitude of the letters daleth and resh are very frequent, as the reader may have already observed.

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