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

6Here is a message about the animals that travel in the Negev desert: It is a place where there is trouble and danger. There are dangerous lions there, both male and female. There are different kinds of dangerous snakes. People are carrying their valuable things on the backs of donkeys and camels. They are taking their riches as gifts to a nation that cannot help them! 7Help from Egypt is useless! So I call Egypt ‘Rahab who does nothing.’ Go and write this message down for them to see. Yes, write it in a book so that it will always be there to read. In the future, it will always show what is true. 9These people have turned against the Lord. They are his children but they love to tell lies. They do not want to obey his law. 10They say to the seers, ‘Do not see any more visions!’ They say to the prophets, ‘Do not tell us messages about what is right! Tell us nice things, even if they are not true.

Isaiah 30:8 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Now goבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• writeכָּתַבkâthab · to writeH3789
• it before them in a tableלוּחַlûach lûach · tabletH3871
• and noteחָקַקchâqaq · to decreeH2710
• it in a bookסֵ֫פֶרsêpher siphrâh · scroll: bookH5612
• that it may be for the timeיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• to comeאַחֲרוֹן'achăryôn 'achărôn · lastH314
• forעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• everעַד‛ad · perpetuityH5703
• and everעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769

Cross-references for Isaiah 30:8

• Isaiah 8:1The Lord said to me, ‘Get a large board to write on. Then write clear words on it. Write this name: “Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.”
• Deuteronomy 31:19Now write down this song that I will give to you. Teach the Israelites to sing it. Its words will show them that they are guilty because they have not obeyed me.
• Job 19:23Someone should write down the words that I speak. My words should be written on a scroll.
• Jeremiah 36:2‘Write down on a scroll all the messages that I have spoken to you. Since Josiah was king until now, I have given you messages about Israel, Judah and the other nations. Write them all on a scroll.
• Jeremiah 51:60Jeremiah had written on a scroll a list of all the terrible troubles that would happen to Babylon. Those were all the messages that he had written about Babylon.
• Habakkuk 2:2The Lord answered me. He said: ‘Write down what I will show to you. Make it very clear on the page where you write it. Then someone can easily read it, and he can tell the message to other people.
• Isaiah 2:2This is what will happen in the last days. The mountain where the Lord's temple is will continue to be there. It will be the most important mountain of all. It will be higher than all the hills around it. People from every nation will go there all the time.
• Numbers 24:14So I will now return to my own people. But listen! Before I go, I will tell you what these Israelites will do to your people in the future.’
• Deuteronomy 4:30When trouble happens to you in the future, you will turn back to him. When all these bad things happen to you, you will obey God again.
• Deuteronomy 31:29I know that, after my death, you will do more and more wicked things. You will turn away from the good things that I have commanded you to do. In future days, you will do wicked things against the Lord. Because of that, you will have great trouble. You will make the Lord angry because of the things that you do.’
• Job 19:25As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. I know that, in the end, he will stand on the earth.
• Jeremiah 23:20The Lord will not stop being angry, until he has finished what he has decided to do. When the time comes, you will understand this clearly.
• Jeremiah 48:47But one day I will cause Moab to be strong again.’ That is what the Lord says. That is the end of the Lord's message against Moab.
• Ezekiel 38:16Your army will be like a cloud that covers the land when you attack my people, the Israelites. In the days at the end of time I will bring you to attack my land. Yes, Gog, I will use you to show the nations that I am holy. Then they will know who I am.
• Hosea 3:5After that time, the Israelites will turn back to the Lord their God. They will serve their king, a descendant of King David. In the future, they will obey the Lord with fear, and they will receive his good gifts.
• 1 Timothy 4:1God's Spirit tells us clearly that, in later times, some people will stop believing the message about Jesus Christ. Instead, they will listen to bad spirits who want people to believe wrong things. They will listen to the message that comes from 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