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 divine revelation about the animals in the Negev. “My people travel through lands where they experience distress and hardship. Lions and lionesses live there. Vipers and poisonous snakes live there. They carry their riches on the backs of young donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels to a nation that can’t help them. 7Egypt’s help is completely useless. That is why I call it, ‘Rahab who sits still.’ Now, write this on a tablet for them, and inscribe it in a book so that it will be there in the future as a permanent witness. 9These people are rebellious and deceitful children, children who refuse to listen to the Lord’s teachings. 10They say to the seers, ‘Don’t see ⌞the future⌟.’ They say to those who have visions, ‘Don’t have visions that tell us what is right. Tell us what we want to hear. See 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 8:1The Lord said to me, “Take a large writing tablet, and write on it with a pen: ‘Maher Shalal Hash Baz’ [The Looting Will Come Quickly; the Prey Will Be Easy].
• Deuteronomy 31:19“Write down this song, teach it to the Israelites, and have them sing it. This song will be a witness for me against the Israelites.
• Job 19:23“I wish now my words were written. I wish they were inscribed on a scroll.
• Jeremiah 36:2“Take a scroll, and write on it everything that I have dictated to you about Israel, Judah, and all the other nations from the time I spoke to you during the reign of Josiah until today.
• Jeremiah 51:60Jeremiah wrote on a scroll all the disasters that would happen to Babylon. He wrote all these things that have been written about Babylon.
• Habakkuk 2:2Then the Lord answered me, “Write the vision. Make it clear on tablets so that anyone can read it quickly.
• Isaiah 2:2In the last days the mountain of the Lord’s house will be established as the highest of the mountains and raised above the hills. All the nations will stream to it.
• Numbers 24:14Even though I’m going back to my people, I’ll give you some advice. I’ll tell you what these people will do to your people in the days to come.”
• Deuteronomy 4:30When you’re in distress and all these things happen to you, then you will finally come back to the Lord your God and obey him.
• Deuteronomy 31:29I know that after I die you will become thoroughly corrupt and turn from the way I have commanded you to live. In the days to come disasters will happen to you because you will make the Lord furious by doing what he considers evil.”
• Job 19:25But I know that my defender lives, and afterwards, he will rise on the earth.
• Jeremiah 23:20The anger of the Lord will not turn back until he has done everything he intends to do. In the last days you will understand this clearly.
• Jeremiah 48:47But I will restore Moab in the last days,” declares the Lord. The judgment against Moab ends here.
• Ezekiel 38:16You will attack my people Israel like a cloud that covers the land. In the days to come, I will let you attack my land so that nations will know me. I will use you for my holy purpose as they watch.
• Hosea 3:5After that, the Israelites will turn and look to the Lord their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the Lord for his blessings in the last days.
• 1 Timothy 4:1The Spirit says clearly that in later times some believers will desert the Christian faith. They will follow spirits that deceive, and they will believe 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