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Text -- Isaiah 30:1-17 (NET)
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Egypt Will Prove Unreliable
30:1 “The rebellious children are as good as dead,” says the Lord , “those who make plans without consulting me, who form alliances without consulting my Spirit , and thereby compound their sin .
30:2 They travel down to Egypt without seeking my will, seeking Pharaoh’s protection , and looking for safety in Egypt’s protective shade .
30:3 But Pharaoh’s protection will bring you nothing but shame , and the safety of Egypt’s protective shade nothing but humiliation .
30:4 Though his officials are in Zoan and his messengers arrive at Hanes ,
30:5 all will be put to shame because of a nation that cannot help them, who cannot give them aid or help , but only shame and disgrace .”
30:6 This is a message about the animals in the Negev : Through a land of distress and danger , inhabited by lionesses and roaring lions , by snakes and darting adders , they transport their wealth on the backs of donkeys , their riches on the humps of camels , to a nation that cannot help them.
30:7 Egypt is totally incapable of helping . For this reason I call her ‘Proud one who is silenced .’”
30:8 Now go , write it down on a tablet in their presence , inscribe it on a scroll , so that it might be preserved for a future time as an enduring witness .
30:9 For these are rebellious people – they are lying children , children unwilling to obey the Lord’s law .
30:10 They say to the visionaries , “See no more visions!” and to the seers , “Don’t relate messages to us about what is right ! Tell us nice things , relate deceptive messages.
30:11 Turn aside from the way , stray off the path . Remove from our presence the Holy One of Israel .”
30:12 For this reason this is what the Holy One of Israel says : “You have rejected this message ; you trust instead in your ability to oppress and trick , and rely on that kind of behavior.
30:13 So this sin will become your downfall . You will be like a high wall that bulges and cracks and is ready to collapse ; it crumbles suddenly , in a flash .
30:14 It shatters in pieces like a clay jar , so shattered to bits that none of it can be salvaged . Among its fragments one cannot find a shard large enough to scoop a hot coal from a fire or to skim off water from a cistern .”
30:15 For this is what the master , the Lord , the Holy One of Israel says : “If you repented and patiently waited for me, you would be delivered ; if you calmly trusted in me you would find strength , but you are unwilling .
30:16 You say , ‘No , we will flee on horses ,’ so you will indeed flee . You say, ‘We will ride on fast horses,’ so your pursuers will be fast .
30:17 One thousand will scurry at the battle cry of one enemy soldier; at the battle cry of five enemy soldiers you will all run away , until the remaining few are as isolated as a flagpole on a mountaintop or a signal flag on a hill .”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Isaiah |
Hezekiah |
Israel |
ISAIAH, 1-7 |
Confidence |
Godlessness |
Word of God |
LACHISH |
SALVATION |
Wicked |
Zoan |
SENNACHERIB |
Hanes |
Cush |
Rahab |
BEACON |
War |
Viper |
Alliances |
Bottle |
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NET Notes -> Isa 30:1; Isa 30:1; Isa 30:1; Isa 30:1; Isa 30:1; Isa 30:2; Isa 30:2; Isa 30:4; Isa 30:4; Isa 30:5; Isa 30:6; Isa 30:6; Isa 30:6; Isa 30:6; Isa 30:6; Isa 30:7; Isa 30:7; Isa 30:7; Isa 30:8; Isa 30:8; Isa 30:8; Isa 30:9; Isa 30:10; Isa 30:10; Isa 30:10; Isa 30:11; Isa 30:11; Isa 30:12; Isa 30:12; Isa 30:12; Isa 30:13; Isa 30:14; Isa 30:14; Isa 30:14; Isa 30:14; Isa 30:15; Isa 30:15; Isa 30:17; Isa 30:17; Isa 30:17
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NET Notes: Isa 30:2 Heb “to seek protection in the protection of Pharaoh, and to seek refuge in the shade of Egypt.”
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NET Notes: Isa 30:4 Zoan was located in the Egyptian delta in the north; Hanes was located somewhere in southern region of lower Egypt, south of Memphis; the exact locati...
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NET Notes: Isa 30:5 The present translation follows the marginal (Qere) reading of the Hebrew text; the consonantal text (Kethib) has “made to stink, decay.”
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NET Notes: Isa 30:6 This verse describes messengers from Judah transporting wealth to Egypt in order to buy Pharaoh’s protection through a treaty.
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NET Notes: Isa 30:7 The MT reads “Rahab, they, sitting.” The translation above assumes an emendation of הֵם שָׁב...
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NET Notes: Isa 30:8 Recording the message will enable the prophet to use it in the future as evidence that God warned his people of impending judgment and clearly spelled...
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NET Notes: Isa 30:13 The verse reads literally, “So this sin will become for you like a breach ready to fall, bulging on a high wall, the breaking of which comes sud...
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