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Text -- Isaiah 30:13 (NET)

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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.
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Wesley: Isa 30:13 - -- Of trusting to Egypt, shall be like a wall which is high, but swelling forth in some parts, which, upon the least accident, falls down suddenly.

Of trusting to Egypt, shall be like a wall which is high, but swelling forth in some parts, which, upon the least accident, falls down suddenly.

JFB: Isa 30:13 - -- Image from a curve swelling out in a wall (Psa 62:3); when the former gives way, it causes the downfall of the whole wall; so their policy as to Egypt...

Image from a curve swelling out in a wall (Psa 62:3); when the former gives way, it causes the downfall of the whole wall; so their policy as to Egypt.

Clarke: Isa 30:13 - -- Swelling out to a high wall "A swelling in a high wall"- It has been observed before, that the buildings of Asia generally consist of little better ...

Swelling out to a high wall "A swelling in a high wall"- It has been observed before, that the buildings of Asia generally consist of little better than what we call mud walls. "All the houses at Ispahan, "says Thevenot, Vol. II., p. 159, "are built of bricks made of clay and straw, and dried in the sun; and covered with a plaster made of a fine white stone. In other places in Persia the houses are built with nothing else but such bricks, made with tempered clay and chopped straw, well mingled together, and dried in the sun, and then used: but the least rain dissolves them. "Sir John Chardin’ s MS. remark on this place of Isaiah is very apposite: Murs en Asie etant faits de terre se fendent ainsi par milieu et de haut en bas . "The walls in Asia being made of earth often cleave from top to bottom."This shouts clearly how obvious and expressive the image is. The psalmist has in the same manner made use of it, to express sudden and utter destruction: -

"Ye shall be slain all of you

Ye shall be like an inclining wall, like a shattered fence.

Psa 62:4.

Calvin: Isa 30:13 - -- 13.Therefore shall your iniquity be like a breach falling This is a threatening of punishment, and Isaiah expresses it by a very appropriate metaphor...

13.Therefore shall your iniquity be like a breach falling This is a threatening of punishment, and Isaiah expresses it by a very appropriate metaphor. He compares wicked men to a wall that is rent, or that bulges out. As the “swelling out” of a wall threatens the ruin of it, because it cannot stand unless all the parts of it adhere closely to each other, so the haughtiness and insolence of wicked men are a sign and very sure proof of their approaching ruin; because the more they are puffed up and swelled without any solid value, 293 the more readily do they throw themselves down headlong, and it is impossible for them not to fall speedily by their own weight. “Rise up,” says he, “and act insolently against God; he will quickly put down your presumption and insolence, for it is but an empty swelling.” Hence we learn that nothing is better for us than to submit wholly to God, and to keep charge of all our senses, so as to remain chained and bound by his authority; for they who raise themselves by shaking off all humility, destroy themselves by collecting much wind. For a time, indeed, the Lord permits wicked men to swell and utter their big words, that at length, by their “swelling” and idle boasting, they may bring upon themselves ruin and destruction.

TSK: Isa 30:13 - -- as a breach : 1Ki 20:30; Psa 62:3; Eze 13:10-15; Mat 7:27; Luk 6:49 cometh : Isa 29:5; Job 36:18; Psa 73:19, Psa 73:20; Pro 29:1; 1Th 5:1-3

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Isa 30:13 - -- Therefore this iniquity - That is, this refusing to trust in Yahweh, and this intention to seek the alliance of Egypt. The general sense of the...

Therefore this iniquity - That is, this refusing to trust in Yahweh, and this intention to seek the alliance of Egypt. The general sense of the figure here is, that their depending on Egypt would involve them ultimately in complete and awful ruin - ruin that should come upon them as suddenly as when a wall that had been long swelling out gives way.

As a breach ready to fall - Like a breaking forth, or a bursting in a wall.

Swelling out in a high wall - That is, where the foundation is not firm, and where one part of the wall sinks, and it inclines to one side until it suddenly bursts forth. A similar figure is used by the Psalmist Psa 62:3 :

Ye shall be slain all of you

As a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.

Whose breaking cometh suddenly - Though it has been long leaning and swelling, yet the actual bursting forth would be in an instant. So would it be with the destruction that would come upon the Jews. Though by their sins they had been long preparing for it, yet it would come upon them by a sudden and tremendous crash. So it will be with all sinners. Destruction may seem to be long delayed - as a wall may be long inclining, and may seem to prepare imperceptibly to fall; but in due time it will come suddenly upon them, when too late to obtain relief.

Poole: Isa 30:13 - -- This iniquity of sending and trusting to Egypt for succour. Whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant like a wall which is high, and seems to be...

This iniquity of sending and trusting to Egypt for succour.

Whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant like a wall which is high, and seems to be strong, but swelling forth in some parts, which upon the least accident falleth down suddenly to the ground. Such shall be the issue of your high and towering confidence in Egypt.

Haydock: Isa 30:13 - -- For. Psalm lxi. 3. If God had not miraculously cut off the army of Sennacherib, what would have become of the kingdom of Juda?

For. Psalm lxi. 3. If God had not miraculously cut off the army of Sennacherib, what would have become of the kingdom of Juda?

Gill: Isa 30:13 - -- Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall,.... Or, "as a falling breach" m; contempt of the word of God, and trusting in wicke...

Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall,.... Or, "as a falling breach" m; contempt of the word of God, and trusting in wickedness, rejecting the counsel of God, and placing confidence in the creature, these would be the cause of ruin; which ruin is signified by the breach of a falling wall, or by a breach in a wall, by reason of which it is in danger of falling, and is just ready to fall:

swelling out in a high wall; like a wall that bellies out and bulges, and which, when it once begins to do, suddenly falls; and the higher it is, it comes with more force, and the greater is the fall:

whose breaking cometh suddenly, at an instant; and so it is suggested, should be the ruin of this people; the high towering confidence they had in Egypt would fall with its own weight, and they with it, and be broken to pieces in a moment; and which is further illustrated by another simile.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

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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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Isa 30:1-33 - --1 The prophet threatens the people for their confidence in Egypt,8 and contempt of God's word.18 God's mercies towards his church.27 God's wrath and t...

MHCC: Isa 30:8-18 - --The Jews were the only professing people God then had in the world, yet many among them were rebellious. They had the light, but they loved darkness r...

Matthew Henry: Isa 30:8-17 - -- Here, I. The preface is very awful. The prophet must not only preach this, but he must write it (Isa 30:8), write it in a table, to be hung up and...

Keil-Delitzsch: Isa 30:12-14 - -- Thus do they fall out with Jehovah and the bearers of His word. "Therefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye dislike this word, and put...

Constable: Isa 7:1--39:8 - --III. Israel's crisis of faith chs. 7--39 This long section of the book deals with Israel's major decision in Isa...

Constable: Isa 13:1--35:10 - --B. God's sovereignty over the nations chs. 13-35 This major section of the book emphasizes the folly of ...

Constable: Isa 28:1--33:24 - --3. The folly of trusting the nations chs. 28-33 Chapters 28-35 are somewhat similar to chapters ...

Constable: Isa 30:1-33 - --The woe against rebellion by God's children ch. 30 There are several thematic connections between this chapter and chapter 28.298 The general structur...

Guzik: Isa 30:1-33 - --Isaiah 30 - Trust In the LORD, Not In Egypt A. A rebuke to those in Judah who looked to Egypt for deliverance. 1. (1-2) God exposes the sin of those...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Isaiah (Book Introduction) ISAIAH, son of Amoz (not Amos); contemporary of Jonah, Amos, Hosea, in Israel, but younger than they; and of Micah, in Judah. His call to a higher deg...

JFB: Isaiah (Outline) PARABLE OF JEHOVAH'S VINEYARD. (Isa. 5:1-30) SIX DISTINCT WOES AGAINST CRIMES. (Isa. 5:8-23) (Lev 25:13; Mic 2:2). The jubilee restoration of posses...

TSK: Isaiah (Book Introduction) Isaiah has, with singular propriety, been denominated the Evangelical Prophet, on account of the number and variety of his prophecies concerning the a...

TSK: Isaiah 30 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Isa 30:1, The prophet threatens the people for their confidence in Egypt, Isa 30:8, and contempt of God’s word; Isa 30:18, God’s merc...

Poole: Isaiah (Book Introduction) THE ARGUMENT THE teachers of the ancient church were of two sorts: 1. Ordinary, the priests and Levites. 2. Extraordinary, the prophets. These we...

Poole: Isaiah 30 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 30 The prophet threateneth the people for their confidence in Egypt, Isa 30:1-7 , and contempt of God’ s word, Isa 30:8-11 ; wherefore...

MHCC: Isaiah (Book Introduction) Isaiah prophesied in the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah. He has been well called the evangelical prophet, on account of his numerous and...

MHCC: Isaiah 30 (Chapter Introduction) (Isa 30:1-7) The Jews reproved for seeking aid from Egypt. (Isa 30:8-18) Judgements in consequence of their contempt of God's word. (Isa 30:19-26) G...

Matthew Henry: Isaiah (Book Introduction) An Exposition, With Practical Observations, of The Book of the Prophet Isaiah Prophet is a title that sounds very great to those that understand it, t...

Matthew Henry: Isaiah 30 (Chapter Introduction) The prophecy of this chapter seems to relate (as that in the foregoing chapter) to the approaching danger of Jerusalem and desolations of Judah by ...

Constable: Isaiah (Book Introduction) Introduction Title and writer The title of this book of the Bible, as is true of the o...

Constable: Isaiah (Outline) Outline I. Introduction chs. 1-5 A. Israel's condition and God's solution ch. 1 ...

Constable: Isaiah Isaiah Bibliography Alexander, Joseph Addison. Commentary on the Prophecies of Isaiah. 1846, 1847. Revised ed. ...

Haydock: Isaiah (Book Introduction) THE PROPHECY OF ISAIAS. INTRODUCTION. This inspired writer is called by the Holy Ghost, (Ecclesiasticus xlviii. 25.) the great prophet; from t...

Gill: Isaiah (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH This book is called, in the New Testament, sometimes "the Book of the Words of the Prophet Esaias", Luk 3:4 sometimes only t...

Gill: Isaiah 30 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 30 This chapter contains a complaint of the Jews for their sins and transgressions; a prophecy of their destruction for them...

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