Isaiah 30:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still. ”

Isaiah 30:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For the Egyptians shall help in vain - That is, if they enter into the alliance, they shall not be able to defend you from the invader. The other member of the sentence would seem to imply that t...
Isaiah 30:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried (e) concerning this, Their strength (f) [is] to sit still. (e) That is, to Jerusalem. (f) And not to come to and fro...
Isaiah 30:7 - 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 30:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

have. cried concerning this . have. called (or named) her. Their strength, &c. Hebrew Egypt sitting still (and thus not giving the help that was being sought). Rahab. pride, or strength, is p...
Isaiah 30:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7. Surely the Egyptians are vanity. (288) This verse contains the explanation of the former statement; for he repeats and threatens the same thing, that the Egyptians, after having worn out...
Isaiah 30:7 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 903 CONFIDENCE IN GOD RECOMMENDED Isaiah 30:7 . Therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is, to sit still. NOTHING is more strongly inculcated in the Holy Scriptures t...
Isaiah 30:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still. Their strength is to sit still "Rahab the Inactive" - The two last w...
Isaiah 30:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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...
Isaiah 30:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still. For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose - Hebr...
Isaiah 30:7 - 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 30:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Concerning this. — Better, it, or her — i.e., Egypt. Their strength is to sit still. — The Authorised version fairly gives the meaning: “Their boasted strength will be found absolute inactio...
Isaiah 30:7 - 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 30:7 - 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 30:7 - 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 30:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

These are parts of the same burden, and not unlike what was said before concerning Egypt, under the figure of the land shadowing with wings, Isaiah 18:1 .
Isaiah 30:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose ,.... Not sending help in time, or such as did no service; though they made a show of help, and attempted to help them, or seemed to do so, ye...
Isaiah 30:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength [is] to sit still. Ver. 7. For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose....
Isaiah 30:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The burden of the beasts of the south The burden of riches or treasures, carried upon beasts travelling southward. In these verses the prophet has before his eyes “the ambassadors of the Jews, or,...
Isaiah 30:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Foolish Confidence of Judah. B. C. 720. 1 Woe to the rebellious children, saith the...
Isaiah 30:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Concerning this; concerning this counsel or practice. Or, to her ; to Jerusalem or Judah. Their strength is to sit still; it is safer and better for them to sit quietly at home, seeking to me fo...
Isaiah 30:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 30:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

STRENGTH IN QUIETNESS [1120] [1120] See also CHRISTIAN QUIETNESS, Isaiah 30:15 . Isaiah 30:7 . Their strength is to sit still . There is a sense in which “sitting still” is not our strength, bu...
Isaiah 30:7 - 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 30:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Their strength is to sit still A policy in an epigram Sometimes a policy is summed up in an epigram, or in an easily quotable sentence; and it can be used as a war cry or as an election cry; it...
Isaiah 30:7 - 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 30:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Alliance with Egypt and the Rebellious People
Isaiah 30:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 14:13 ; Hosea 5:13 ; Isaiah 2:22 ; Isaiah 28:12 ; Isaiah 30:15 ; Isaiah 31:1-5 ; Isaiah 7:4 ; Jeremiah 37:7 ; Lamentations 3:26 ; Psalms 118:8 ; Psalms 118:9 ; Psalms 76:8 ; Psalm...
Isaiah 30:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

To her — To Jerusalem or Judah. Sit still — It is safer and better for them to sit quietly at home, seeking to me for help.

Isaiah 30:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 30:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 30:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 30:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 30:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 30:7 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Isaiah 30:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 30:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 30:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 30:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 30:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 30:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 30:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 30:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 30:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 30:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 30:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 30:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 30:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 30:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 30:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 30:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Isaiah 30:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 30:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 30:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 30:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 30:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 30:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes