Isaiah 30:23

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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.

28 ^aHis breath is like an overflowing stream,
^bWhich reaches up to the neck,
To sift the nations with the sieve of futility;
And there shall be ^ca bridle in the jaws of the people,
Causing them to err.

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Barnes' Notes

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Isaiah 30:23

Then shall he give the rain of thy seed - That is, he shall send rain on the seed which is sown. You will be allowed to cultivate the soil without molestation, and God will give you fruitful seasons and abundant harvests. This is a poetic description of a happy or golden age, when there would be peace and prosperity (compare the notes at Isaiah 11:6-7).

And bread of the increase of the earth - And bread which the ground shall produce.

And it shall be fat and plenteous - It shall be rich and abundant; that is, there shall be prosperity and an ample supply for your needs.

Feed in large pastures - This is a description of security when their cattle should be permitted to roam at large, and have abundant pasturage - an image of prosperity that would be very gratifying to a people whose main conception of wealth consisted in abundance of flocks and herds.

**Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Isaiah 30:23:**

Psalms 37:20
Isaiah 28:28
Isaiah 30:19
Isaiah 30:27
Isaiah 33:5
Zechariah 14:17

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