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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. 
22 aYou will also defile the covering of your images of silver,
And the ornament of your molded images of gold.
You will throw them away as an unclean thing;
bYou will say to them, “Get away!” 
23 aThen He will give the rain for your seed
With which you sow the ground,
And bread of the increase of the earth;
It will be1 fat and plentiful.
In that day your cattle will feed
In large pastures. 
24 Likewise the oxen and the young donkeys that work the ground
Will eat cured fodder,
Which has been winnowed with the shovel and fan.
25 There will be aon every high mountain
And on every high hill
Rivers and streams of waters,
In the day of the bgreat slaughter,
When the towers fall. 
26 Moreover athe light of the moon will be as the light of the sun,
And the light of the sun will be sevenfold,
As the light of seven days,
In the day that the Lord binds up the bruise of His people
And heals the stroke of their wound. 

Judgment on Assyria

27 Behold, the name of the Lord comes from afar,
Burning with His anger,
And His burden is heavy;
His lips are full of indignation,
And His tongue like a devouring fire.
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Isaiah 30:18

therefore—on account of your wicked perverseness (Isaiah 30:1-2, Isaiah 30:9, Isaiah 30:15-16), Jehovah will delay to be gracious [HORSLEY]. Rather, wait or delay in punishing, to give you time for repentance (Isaiah 30:13-14, Isaiah 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 Psalms 10:5, far above out sight); that is, He will not immediately descend to punish, "in order that He may have mercy," etc.

judgment—justice; faithfulness to His covenant.

wait—compare Isaiah 30:15, wait, namely, for His times of having mercy.




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 30:18:

Isaiah 30:15
Isaiah 42:4
Isaiah 49:23
Jeremiah 17:7
Lamentations 3:25-27
Zechariah 11:11

 

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