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.
• 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:
• New Living Translation (NLT)Now go and write down these words. Write them in a book. They will stand until the end of time as a witness

Context of Isaiah 30:8

6An oracle on the beasts of the Negeb. Through a land of trouble and anguish, from where come the lioness and the lion, the adder and the flying fiery serpent, they carry their riches on the backs of donkeys, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people that cannot profit them. 7Egypt's help is worthless and empty; therefore I have called her "Rahab who sits still." 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. 9For they are a rebellious people, lying children, children unwilling to hear the instruction of the Lord; 10who say to the seers, "Do not see," and to the prophets, "Do not prophesy to us what is right; speak to us smooth things, 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

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 8:1Then the Lord said to me, "Take a large tablet and write on it in common characters, 'Belonging to Maher-shalal-hash-baz.'
• Deuteronomy 31:19"Now therefore write this song and teach it to the people of Israel. Put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the people of Israel.
• Job 19:23"Oh that my words were written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
• Jeremiah 36:2"Take a scroll and write on it all the words that I have spoken to you against Israel and Judah and all the nations, from the day I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah until today.
• Jeremiah 51:60Jeremiah wrote in a book all the disaster that should come upon Babylon, all these words that are written concerning Babylon.
• Habakkuk 2:2And the Lord answered me: "Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so he may run who reads it.
• Isaiah 2:2It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations shall flow to it,
• Numbers 24:14And now, behold, I am going to my people. Come, I will let you know what this people will do to your people in the latter days."
• Deuteronomy 4:30When you are in tribulation, and all these things come upon you in the latter days, you will return to the Lord your God and obey his voice.
• Deuteronomy 31:29For I know that after my death you will surely act corruptly and turn aside from the way that I have commanded you. And in the days to come evil will befall you, because you will do what is evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger through the work of your hands."
• Job 19:25For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth.
• Jeremiah 23:20The anger of the Lord will not turn back until he has executed and accomplished the intents of his heart. In the latter days you will understand it clearly.
• Jeremiah 48:47Yet I will restore the fortunes of Moab in the latter days, declares the Lord." Thus far is the judgment on Moab.
• Ezekiel 38:16You will come up against my people Israel, like a cloud covering the land. In the latter days I will bring you against my land, that the nations may know me, when through you, O Gog, I vindicate my holiness before their eyes.
• Hosea 3:5Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the Lord their God, and David their king, and they shall come in fear to the Lord and to his goodness in the latter days.
• 1 Timothy 4:1Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and 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