Berean Standard Bible

Isaiah 30

The Worthless Treaty with Egypt

1“WoeH1945 to the rebelliousH5637 childrenH1121,” declaresH5002 the LORDH3068, “to those who carry outH6213 a planH6098 that is notH3808 MineH4480, who formH5258 an allianceH4541, but againstH3808 My willH7307 H4616, heaping upH5595 sinH2403 uponH5921 sinH2403.2They set outH1980 to go downH3381 to EgyptH4714 withoutH3808 askingH7592 My adviceH6310, to seek shelterH5756 under Pharaoh’sH6547 protectionH4581 and take refugeH2620 in Egypt’sH4714 shadeH6738.

3But Pharaoh’sH6547 protectionH4581 will becomeH1961 your shameH1322,and the refugeH2622 of Egypt’sH4714 shadeH6738 your disgraceH3639.4For thoughH3588 their princesH8269 areH1961 at ZoanH6814and their envoysH4397 have arrivedH5060 in HanesH2609,5everyoneH3605 will be put to shameH887because ofH5921 a peopleH5971 uselessH3808 H3276 to them.They bring neitherH3808 helpH5828 norH3808 benefitH3276,butH3588 only shameH1322 andH1571 disgraceH2781.”

6This is the burdenH4853 against the beastsH929 of the NegevH5045:

Through a landH776 of hardshipH6869 and distressH6695,of lionessH3833 and lionH3918,of viperH660 and flyingH5774 serpentH8314,they carryH5375 their wealthH2428 onH5921 the backsH3802 of donkeysH5895and their treasuresH214 onH5921 the humpsH1707 of camelsH1581,toH5921 a peopleH5971 of noH3808 profit to themH3276.7Egypt’sH4714 helpH5826 is futileH1892 and emptyH7385;thereforeH3651 I have calledH7121 herH2063RahabH7293 WhoH1992 Sits StillH7674.1

8GoH935 nowH6258, writeH3789 it onH5921 a tabletH3871 in their presenceH854and inscribeH2710 it onH5921 a scrollH5612;it will beH1961 for the daysH3117 to comeH314,a witnessH5703 foreverH5704 and everH5769.9 TheseH1931 are rebelliousH4805 peopleH5971, deceitfulH3586 childrenH1121,childrenH1121 unwillingH3808 H14 to obeyH8085 the LORD’sH3068 instructionH8451.10TheyH834 sayH559 to the seersH7203,“StopH3808 seeing visionsH7200!”and to the prophetsH2374,“Do notH3808 prophesyH2372 to us the truthH5229!SpeakH1696 to us pleasant wordsH2513;prophesyH2372 illusionsH4123.11Get outH5493 ofH4480 the wayH1870; turn offH5186 H4480 the roadH734.Rid usH7673 ofH6440 the HolyH6918 One of IsraelH3478!”

12ThereforeH3651 this is whatH3541 the HolyH6918 One of IsraelH3478 saysH559:

“BecauseH3282 you have rejectedH3988 thisH2088 messageH1697,trustingH982 in oppressionH6233 and relyingH8172 on deceitH3868 ,13 thisH2088 iniquityH5771 of yoursH1961 is like a breachH6556 about to failH5307,a bulgeH1158 in a highH7682 wallH2346,whose collapseH7667 will comeH935 suddenlyH6597—in an instantH6621!14It will breakH7665 in piecesH7667 like a potter’sH3335 jarH5035,shatteredH3807 so that no fragmentH3808 H2550 can be foundH3808.Not a shardH2789 will be foundH4672 in the dustH4386large enough to scoopH2846 the coalsH784 from a hearthH3344or to skimH2834 the waterH4325 from a cisternH1360.”

15ForH3588 H3541 the LordH136 GODH3069, the HolyH6918 One of IsraelH3478, has saidH559:

“By repentanceH7729 and restH5183you would be savedH3467;your strengthH1369 would lieH1961 in quietH8252 confidenceH985—but you were notH3808 willingH14.”

16“NoH3808,” you sayH559 H3588, “we will fleeH5127 onH5921 horsesH5483.”ThereforeH5921 H3651 you will fleeH5127!“We will rideH7392 H5921 H3651 swift horsesH7031,”but your pursuersH7291 will be fasterH7043.

17AH259 thousandH505 will flee atH6440 the threatH1606 of oneH259; atH6440 the threatH1606 of fiveH2568 you will all fleeH5127, untilH5704 H518 you are left aloneH3498 like a poleH8650 onH5921 a mountaintopH7218 H2022, like a bannerH5251 onH5921 a hillH1389.

18ThereforeH3651 the LORDH3068 longsH2442 to be gracious to youH2603;thereforeH3651 He risesH7311 to show you compassionH7355,forH3588 the LORDH3068 is a justH4941 GodH430.Blessed areH835 allH3605 who waitH2442 for Him.

O peopleH5971 in ZionH6726 who dwellH3427 in JerusalemH3389, you will weepH1058 noH3808 moreH1058. He will surely be graciousH2603 when you cry for helpH6963 H2199; when He hearsH8085, He will answer youH6030. 20The LordH136 will giveH5414 you the breadH3899 of adversityH6862 and the waterH4325 of afflictionH3906, but your TeacherH4175 will no longerH3808 hideH3670 HimselfH5750 H1961—with your own eyesH5869 you will seeH7200 Him.

21And whetherH3588 you turn to the rightH541 H3588 or to the leftH8041, your earsH241 will hearH8085 this commandH1697 behind youH310 H559: “ThisH2088 is the wayH1870. WalkH1980 in it.” 22So you will desecrateH2930 your silver-platedH6826 H3701 idolsH6456 and your gold-platedH642 H2091 imagesH4541. You will throw them awayH2219 likeH3644 menstrual clothsH1739, sayingH559 to them, “Be goneH6627!”

23Then He will sendH5414 rainH4306 for the seedH2233 thatH834 you have sownH2232 in the groundH127, and the foodH3899 that comesH8393 from your landH127 will beH1961 richH1879 and plentifulH8082. On thatH1931 dayH3117 your cattleH4735 will grazeH7462 in openH7337 pasturesH3733. 24The oxenH504 and donkeysH5895 that workH5647 the groundH127 will eatH398 saltedH2548 fodderH1098, winnowedH2219 with shovelH7371 and pitchforkH4214.

And fromH5921 everyH3605 highH1364 H5921 mountainH2022 and everyH3605 raisedH5375 hillH1389, streamsH6388 of waterH4325 will flowH2988 in the dayH3117 of greatH7227 slaughterH2027, when the towersH4026 fallH5307. 26The light of the moonH216 H3842 will beH1961 as bright as the sunH216 H2535, and the lightH216 of the sunH2535 will beH1961 seven times brighterH7659—like the lightH216 of sevenH7651 daysH3117—on the dayH3117 that the LORDH3068 binds upH2280 the brokennessH7667 of His peopleH5971 and healsH7495 the woundsH4273 He has inflictedH4347.

27BeholdH2009, the NameH8034 of the LORDH3068 comesH935 from afarH4801,with burningH1197 angerH639 and denseH3514 smokeH4858.His lipsH8193 are full ofH4390 furyH2195,and His tongueH3956 is like a consumingH398 fireH784.28His breathH7307 is like a rushingH7857 torrentH5158that risesH2673 toH5704 the neckH6677.He comes to siftH5130 the nationsH1471 in a sieveH5299 of destructionH7723;He bridlesH7448 the jawsH3895 of the peoplesH5971 to lead them astrayH8582.

29You will singH7892 H1961as on the nightH3915 of a holyH6942 festivalH2282,and your heartH3824 will rejoiceH8057like one who walksH1980 to the music of a fluteH2485,going upH935 to the mountainH2022 of the LORDH3068,toH413 the RockH6697 of IsraelH3478.30And the LORDH3068 will cause His majesticH1935 voiceH6963 to be heardH8085and His mighty armH2220 to be revealedH7200,strikingH5183 in angryH639 wrathH2197 with a flameH3851 of consumingH398 fireH784,and with cloudburstH5311, stormH2230, and hailstonesH68 H1259.

31ForH3588 AssyriaH804 will be shatteredH2865 at the voiceH6963 of the LORDH3068;He will strike themH5221 with His scepterH7626.32And withH1961 everyH3605 strokeH4569 of the rodH4294 of punishmentH4145 2thatH834 the LORDH3068 brings downH5117 on themH5921,the tambourinesH8596 and lyresH3658 will soundas He battlesH3898 with weaponsH4421 brandishedH8573.33ForH3588 TophethH8613 has longH865 been preparedH6186 ;itH1931 has been made readyH3559 for the kingH4428.Its funeral pyreH4071 is deepH6009 and wideH7337,with plenty ofH7235 fireH784 and woodH6086.The breathH5397 of the LORDH3068, like a torrentH5158 of burning sulfurH1614,sets it ablazeH1197.

1. Isaiah 30:7 Hebrew Rahab-hem-shebeth ↩
2. Isaiah 30:32 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Syriac; MT the rod of foundation; DSS the rod of His foundation ↩