Isaiah 30:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift. ”

Isaiah 30:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But ye said, No - Ye who proposed an alliance with Egypt. For we will flee upon horses - The word ‘flee’ ( נוּס nûc ), usually signifies to flee before or from any person or thing. But her...
Isaiah 30:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

But ye said, No; for we will flee upon (o) horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift. (o) We will trust to escape by our horses...
Isaiah 30:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

This passage is introduced by a strange title, Oracle concerning the beasts of the Negeb, i.e. either the beasts who carry the treasure to Egypt ( Isaiah 30:6 b ), or the wild creatures that infe...
Isaiah 30:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

flee... horses... shall ye flee. Note the Figure of speech Paronomasia . Hebrew. nanus ... sus ... t'nusun, for emphasis. swift... shall they... be swift. Figure of speech Paronomasia . He...
Isaiah 30:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

16. We will flee on horses; therefore shall you flee. He shews how they refused to wait calmly for the salvation of the Lord; for they chose rather to “flee” to the Egyptians. This is a very...
Isaiah 30:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.
Isaiah 30:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For thus saith the Lord— The second sentence contains a judicial reproof and denunciation, wherein the punishment to be inflicted upon the disobedient and badly advised, is distinctly compared with...
Isaiah 30:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift. But ye said, No; for we will flee - not...
Isaiah 30:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-7. The Egyptian alliance is profitless. 8-11. The perversity of Judah, 12-17. and its disastrous consequences. 18-26. There is a glorious prospect for the repentant people. 27-33 But...
Isaiah 30:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

We will flee upon horses. — These were expected as the Egyptian contingent of the forces of Judah. With them and the prestige attaching to their fame, the generals and statesmen reckoned on being a...
Isaiah 30:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

BOOK 3 ORATIONS ON THE EGYPTIAN INTRIGUES AND ORACLES ON FOREIGN NATIONS 705-702 B.C. Isaiah: 29 About 703 30 A little later 31 A little later 32:1-8 Later 32:9-20 Date uncertain ---------...
Isaiah 30:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Fatal Reliance on Human Aid Isaiah 30:1-17 Toward the close of the 8th century, b.c. Jerusalem sent ambassadors to seek help from Egypt against Assyria, in distinct defiance of God's repeated w...
Isaiah 30:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This chapter contains two distinct messages. In the first, the prophet denounces an alliance with Egypt (verses Isa 30:1-26), and in the second foretells the destruction of Assyria (verses Isa 30:27-...
Isaiah 30:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Now the Lord raiseth up instruments to punish his children from their own pursuits, and, like Jonah's gourd, maketh a worm to come forth from the root of it! The Lord had assured his people, that if...
Isaiah 30:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But ye said, No, for we will flee upon horses ,.... Hither and thither to get help and assistance; go down to Egypt for it on them, or thither for them, as some render it; and then face the enemy, a...
Isaiah 30:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift. Ver. 16. But ye said, No. ] We will not r...
Isaiah 30:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

In returning From your present purpose of sending to Egypt; or, as the LXX., the Syriac, and Arabic understand it, in returning to God; shall ye be saved Preserved from the power of your enemies....
Isaiah 30:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Doom of Incorrigible Sinners. B. C. 720. 8 Now go, write it before them in a table, an...
Isaiah 30:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

We will flee out of this land from the king of Assyria; which is very probable divers of the richer sort did, having sent their treasures before them, as we read Isaiah 30:6 .
Isaiah 30:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Their Trust in Other Than Yahweh And Their Tantamount Rejection of Him Can Only Result in Disaster. Security Rests in Trusting in Yahweh ( Isaiah 30:8-18 ). Isaiah is to write his words down as a...
Isaiah 30:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE VANITY OF EARTHLY HELP IN TIME OF TRIAL, AND THE PROFIT OF PATIENT WAITING Isaiah 30:15-16 . For thus saith the Lord God, &c. The history of the Jews a striking proof of human depravity....
Isaiah 30:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 30:1 . Woe to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, that take counsel, but not of me. It was a law among all ancient nations to undertake nothing of importance without consulting the god...
Isaiah 30:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Isaiah 30:1-23 THE ALLIANCE WITH EGYPT OPENLY REBUKED . In the preceding chapter ( Isaiah 30:15 ) the design of the Jewish rulers to seek the alliance of Egypt was cov...
Isaiah 30:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Trust in Jehovah Rewarded; Overthrow of the Lord's Enemies
Isaiah 30:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Isaiah 30:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 30:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 30:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 30:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 30:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 30:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 30:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 30:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 30:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 30:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 30:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 30:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 30:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 30:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 30:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 30:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 30:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 30:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 30:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 30:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 30:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Isaiah 30:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 30:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 30:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 30:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge