“ For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes. ”
For his princes - The sense of this verse seems to be this. The prophet is stating the fact that the Jews would be ashamed of their attempted alliance with Egypt. In this verse, and the following...
For his (c) princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes. (c) The chief of Israel went into Egypt as an ambassador to seek help and abode at these cities.
Isaiah 30. Denunciation of the Egyptian Alliance. The Blessed Future of Israel. The Destruction of Assyria. We should probably pass the same judgment on Isaiah 30:18-26 as on Isaiah 29:16-24 . T...
his: i.e. Pharaoh's. Zoan. Now Zan. learn doctrine . accept instruction. Hanes. Called Tahapanes ( Jeremiah 2:16 ). Now Tell Defenneh , about seventy miles from Cairo, the capital of. minor...
4. For his princes were in Zoan. The Prophet not only says that the aid of the Egyptians was sought, and that they were invited to assist, but expresses something more, namely, that the Jews...
For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes. Hanes - Six MSS. of Kennicott's, and perhaps six others, with four of De Rossi's, read חנם chinnam, in vain, for הנס Hanes; and so als...
For his princes were at Zoan— When his princes—to Hanes, Isaiah 30:5 they were, &c. Isaiah 30:6 as to the burden of the beasts southward, unto a land—from whence come the lioness and s...
For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes. For his - Judah's (cf. Isaiah 9:21 ). Princes were at Zoan - are already arrived there on their errand to Pharaoh (see I...
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...
His princes were at Zoan... — Better, are, in the vivid use of the historic present of prophecy. Zoan, the Tanis of the Greeks, was one of the oldest of Egyptian cities. Hanes, identified with th...
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 ---------...
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...
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-...
Reader! remark amidst all the rebellions of Israel, how the Lord still calls them children. And though chastisement must and will follow their disobedience, yet, the very chastisement proves the Lord...
For his princes were at Zoan ,.... That is, the princes of the king of Judah, or of the people of Judah; though it can hardly be thought that princes should be sent ambassadors into Egypt, to enter...
For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes. Ver. 4. For his princes were at Zoan. ] Where Pharaoh kept his court, and Moses had done his miracles. And his ambassadors came...
Wo to the rebellious children The Jews, who called themselves God's children, though they were rebellious ones, as was said Isaiah 1:2 . That take counsel That consult together, and resolve what...
The Foolish Confidence of Judah. B. C. 720. 1 Woe to the rebellious children, saith the...
His princes; the princes of Judah, either sent by the king, or by the appointment of their brethren. Hanes; an eminent city of Egypt, called more largely Tahapanes , and Tahpanhes , Jeremiah...
Chapter 30 The Fourth Woe. Against Those Who Trust in Egypt Rather than in Yahweh ( Isaiah 30:1-7 ). Having broken with Assyria and withheld tribute, as a result of the death of Sargon II of Assyr...
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...
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...
The Alliance with Egypt and the Rebellious People
2 Kings 17:4 ; Ezekiel 30:14 ; Ezekiel 30:18 ; Hosea 7:11 ; Hosea 7:12 ; Hosea 7:16 ; Isaiah 19:11 ; Isaiah 57:9 ; Jeremiah 43:7 ; Numbers 13:22
His princes — The princes of Judah. Hanes — An eminent city of Egypt.