Isaiah 30:8

Isaiah 30:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:
• New International Version (NIV)Go now, write it on a tablet for them, inscribe it on a scroll, that for the days to come it may be an everlasting witness.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And now, go, write it before them on a tablet and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come as a witness forever.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now go, write it before them on a tablet, And note it on a scroll, That it may be for time to come, Forever and ever:

Context of Isaiah 30:8

6This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people of no profit to them. 7Egypt’s help is futile and empty; therefore I have called her Rahab Who Sits Still. Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the days to come, a witness forever and ever. 9These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction. 10They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions.

Isaiah 30:8 word by word

עַתָּ֗ה בּ֣וֹא כָתְבָ֥הּ עַל־ל֛וּחַ אִתָּ֖ם וְעַל־סֵ֣פֶר חֻקָּ֑הּ וּתְהִי֙ לְי֣וֹם אַחֲר֔וֹן לָעַ֖ד עַד־עוֹלָֽם׃Read the interlinear

• Goבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• nowעַתָּ֫ה‛attâh · nowH6258
• writeכָּתַבkâthab · to writeH3789
• it onעַל‛al · uponH5921
• a tabletלוּחַlûach lûach · tabletH3871
• in their presenceאֵת'êth · withH854
• and inscribeחָקַקchâqaq · to decreeH2710
• a scrollסֵ֫פֶרsêpher siphrâh · scroll: bookH5612
• it will beהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• for the daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• to comeאַחֲרוֹן'achăryôn 'achărôn · lastH314
• a witnessעַד‛ad · perpetuityH5703
• foreverעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• and everעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769

Cross-references for Isaiah 30:8

• Isaiah 8:1Then the LORD said to me, “Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary stylus: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
• Deuteronomy 31:19Now therefore, write down for yourselves this song and teach it to the Israelites; have them recite it, so that it may be a witness for Me against them.
• Job 19:23I wish that my words were recorded and inscribed in a book,
• Jeremiah 36:2“Take a scroll and write on it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah, and all the nations, from the day I first spoke to you during the reign of Josiah until today.
• Jeremiah 51:60Jeremiah had written on a single scroll about all the disaster that would come upon Babylon—all these words that had been written concerning Babylon.
• Habakkuk 2:2Then the LORD answered me: “Write down this vision and clearly inscribe it on tablets, so that a herald may run with it.
• Isaiah 2:2In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
• Numbers 24:14Now I am going back to my people, but come, let me warn you what this people will do to your people in the days to come.”
• Deuteronomy 4:30When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice.
• Deuteronomy 31:29For I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt and turn from the path I have commanded you. And in the days to come, disaster will befall you because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD to provoke Him to anger by the work of your hands.”
• Job 19:25But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.
• Jeremiah 23:20The anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this clearly.
• Jeremiah 48:47Yet in the latter days I will restore Moab from captivity,” declares the LORD. Here ends the judgment on Moab.
• Ezekiel 38:16You will advance against My people Israel like a cloud covering the land. It will happen in the latter days, O Gog, that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me when I show Myself holy in you before their eyes.
• Hosea 3:5Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.
• 1 Timothy 4:1Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,

Commentaries on Isaiah 30:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8For ever and ever "For a testimony for ever" - לעד leed . So the Syriac, Chaldee, Vulgate, and Septuagint, in MSS. Pachom. and 1. D. 2: , which two words have been lost out of the other copies of the Septuagint.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Now go - This is a direction to the prophet to make a permanent record of the character of the Jewish people. The fact to be recorded was, that they were rebellious Isaiah 30:9; the design for which the record was to be made was to show to future times that this had been the uniform character of the nation. The record was to be preserved that it might be a proof of the care of God toward the nation even in the midst of their long-continued and obstinate…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-18Verses 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 rather. The prophets checked them in their sinful pursuits, so that they could not proceed without fear; this they took amiss. But faithful ministers will not be driven from seeking to awaken sinners. God is the Holy One of Israel, and so they shall find him. They did not like to hear of his holy…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-11God instructed the prophet to write down the vision for future generations. The present generation was rebellious. They chose false prophets' fantasies over God's word (see Isaiah 8:16–17).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. table--a tablet (Ha 2:2), which should be set in public, containing the prophecy in a briefer form, to be read by all. a book--namely, a parchment roll, containing the prophecy in full, for the use of distant posterity. Its truth will be seen hereafter when the event has come to pass. See on Is 8:1; Is 8:16. for ever and ever--rather read, "For a testimony for ever" [Chaldee, Jerome, Lowth]: "testimony is often joined to the notion of perpetuity (De…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Isaiah 30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings