Isaiah 30:7

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; Psalms 76:9

Related Commentaries of 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...
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...
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 (...
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...
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 sam...
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...
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...
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 southwa...
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 Egyp...
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 gloriou...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This] i.e. Jerusalem (according to AV), who, instead of thus seeking foreign aid, ought to rest confident in Jehovah's protection ( Isaiah 30:15 )....
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: “The...
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 late...
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...
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 foret...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Foolish Confidence of Judah. B. C. 720....
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...
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 tribu...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Burden of the Beasts of the South ( Isaiah 30:6-7 ). A prophetic burden usually indicates judgment on the subject of the burden. Here the judg...
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 sens...
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 undertak...
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...
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 J...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Alliance with Egypt and the Rebellious People
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

For the Egyptians shall help in vain and to no purpose, their help will be vapor and emptiness, an unusually strong expression to designate the helpl...
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.

⁷ For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 30:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Isaiah 30:7