Isaiah 5:30

Isaiah 5:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.
• New International Version (NIV)In that day they will roar over it like the roaring of the sea. And if one looks at the land, there is only darkness and distress; even the sun will be darkened by clouds.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They will growl over it on that day, like the growling of the sea. And if one looks to the land, behold, darkness and distress; and the light is darkened by its clouds.
• New King James Version (NKJV)In that day they will roar against them Like the roaring of the sea. And if one looks to the land, Behold, darkness and sorrow; And the light is darkened by the clouds.

Context of Isaiah 5:30

28Its arrows are sharp and all its bows are bent; The hoofs of its horses seem like flint, and its chariot wheels like a storm wind. 29Its roaring is like a lioness, and it roars like young lions; It growls as it seizes the prey And carries it off with no one to save it. And it will roar against it on that day like the roaring of the sea. If one looks across to the land, behold, there is darkness and distress; Even the light is darkened by its clouds.

Isaiah 5:30 word by word

וְיִנְהֹ֥ם עָלָ֛יו בַּיּ֥וֹם הַה֖וּא כְּנַהֲמַת־יָ֑ם וְנִבַּ֤ט לָאָ֙רֶץ֙ וְהִנֵּה־חֹ֔שֶׁךְ צַ֣ר וָא֔וֹר חָשַׁ֖ךְ בַּעֲרִיפֶֽיהָ׃ פRead the interlinear

• roarנָהַםnâham · to groanH5098
• againstעַל‛al · uponH5921
• it on that dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• like the roaringנְהָמָהnehâmâh · groaningH5100
• of the seaיָםyâm · seaH3220
• looksנָבַטnâbaţ · to lookH5027
• to the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• beholdהִנֵּהhinnêh · beholdH2009
• there is darknessחֹ֫שֶׁךְchôshek · darknessH2822
• distressצַרtsar tsâr · distressH6862
• Even the lightאוֹר'ôr · lightH216
• is darkenedחָשַׁךְchâshak · to darkenH2821
• by its cloudsעָרִיף‛ârîyph · cloudH6183

Cross-references for Isaiah 5:30

• Psalms 93:3The floods have lifted up, Lord, The floods have lifted up their voice, The floods lift up their pounding waves.
• Jeremiah 6:23They seize bow and spear; They are cruel and have no mercy; Their voice roars like the sea, And they ride on horses, Lined up as a man for the battle Against you, daughter of Zion!”
• Jeremiah 50:42They seize their bow and javelin; They are cruel and have no mercy. Their voice roars like the sea; And they ride on horses, Drawn up like a man for the battle Against you, daughter of Babylon.
• Luke 21:25“There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress among nations, in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves,
• Isaiah 8:22Then they will look to the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and they will be driven away into darkness.
• Isaiah 13:10For the stars of heaven and their constellations Will not flash their light; The sun will be dark when it rises And the moon will not shed its light.
• Exodus 10:21Then the Lord said to Moses, “Reach out with your hand toward the sky, so that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even a darkness which may be felt.”
• Jeremiah 4:23I looked at the earth, and behold, it was a formless and desolate emptiness; And to the heavens, and they had no light.
• Lamentations 3:2He has driven me and made me walk In darkness and not in light.
• Ezekiel 32:7And when I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars; I will cover the sun with a cloud And the moon will not give its light.
• Joel 2:10Before them the earth quakes, The heavens tremble, The sun and the moon become dark, And the stars lose their brightness.
• Amos 8:9And it will come about on that day,” declares the Lord God, “That I will make the sun go down at noon, And make the earth dark in broad daylight.
• Matthew 24:29“But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
• Revelation 6:12And I looked when He broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became as black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood;
• Revelation 16:10And the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom became darkened; and they gnawed their tongues because of pain,

Commentaries on Isaiah 5:30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30If one look unto the land, etc. "And these shall look to the heaven upward, and down to the earth" - לארץ ונבט venibbat laarets . . So the Septuagint, according to the Vatican and Alexandrian copies; but the Complutensian and Aldine editions have it more fully, thus: - , ; and the Arabic from the Septuagint, as if it had stood thus: , , both of which are plainly defective; the words , unto the earth, being wanted in the former, and the word , above, in…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30They shall roar against them - The army that shall come up shall roar against the Jews. The image of “the roaring of the sea” indicates the great number that would come; that of the roaring of the “lion” denotes their fierceness and terror. And if one look unto the land - This expression has given some perplexity, because it is supposed not to be full or complete. The whole image, it has been supposed (see “Lowth”), would be that of looking “upward” to…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24-30Verses 24-30 Let not any expect to live easily who live wickedly. Sin weakens the strength, the root of a people; it defaces the beauty, the blossoms of a people. When God's word is despised, and his law cast away, what can men expect but that God should utterly abandon them? When God comes forth in wrath, the hills tremble, fear seizes even great men. When God designs the ruin of a provoking people, he can find instruments to be employed in it, as he…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 30that day: see study note on Isaiah 2:5–22. In Old Testament prophecy, darkness often represents God’s alienation (separation), wrath, and judgment (see also Isaiah 8:22). By contrast, light stands for God’s holy presence and blessing (see especially Isaiah 60:2, 19).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3030. sorrow, and the light is darkened--Otherwise, distress and light (that is, hope and fear) alternately succeed (as usually occurs in an unsettled state of things), and darkness arises in, &c. [Maurer]. heavens--literally, "clouds," that is, its sky is rather "clouds" than sky. Otherwise from a different Hebrew root, "in its destruction" or ruins. Horsley takes "sea ... look unto the land" as a new image taken from mariners in a coasting vessel (such as…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Isaiah 5

• 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