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 message came to me concerning the animals in the Negev: The caravan moves slowly across the terrible desert to Egypt— donkeys weighed down with riches and camels loaded with treasure— all to pay for Egypt’s protection. They travel through the wilderness, a place of lionesses and lions, a place where vipers and poisonous snakes live. All this, and Egypt will give you nothing in return. 7Egypt’s promises are worthless! Therefore, I call her Rahab— the Harmless Dragon. Now go and write down these words. Write them in a book. They will stand until the end of time as a witness 9that these people are stubborn rebels who refuse to pay attention to the Lord’s instructions. 10They tell the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” They tell the prophets, “Don’t tell us what is right. Tell us nice things. Tell us lies.

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, “Make a large signboard and clearly write this name on it: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.”
• Deuteronomy 31:19“So write down the words of this song, and teach it to the people of Israel. Help them learn it, so it may serve as a witness for me against them.
• Job 19:23“Oh, that my words could be recorded. Oh, that they could be inscribed on a monument,
• Jeremiah 36:2“Get a scroll, and write down all my messages against Israel, Judah, and the other nations. Begin with the first message back in the days of Josiah, and write down every message, right up to the present time.
• Jeremiah 51:60Jeremiah had recorded on a scroll all the terrible disasters that would soon come upon Babylon—all the words written here.
• Habakkuk 2:2Then the Lord said to me, “Write my answer plainly on tablets, so that a runner can carry the correct message to others.
• Isaiah 2:2In the last days, the mountain of the Lord’s house will be the highest of all— the most important place on earth. It will be raised above the other hills, and people from all over the world will stream there to worship.
• Numbers 24:14Now I am returning to my own people. But first let me tell you what the Israelites will do to your people in the future.”
• Deuteronomy 4:30“In the distant future, when you are suffering all these things, you will finally return to the Lord your God and listen to what he tells you.
• Deuteronomy 31:29I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt and will turn from the way I have commanded you to follow. In the days to come, disaster will come down on you, for you will do what is evil in the Lord’s sight, making him very angry with your actions.”
• Job 19:25“But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and he will stand upon the earth at last.
• Jeremiah 23:20The anger of the Lord will not diminish until it has finished all he has planned. In the days to come you will understand all this very clearly.
• Jeremiah 48:47But I will restore the fortunes of Moab in days to come. I, the Lord, have spoken!” This is the end of Jeremiah’s prophecy concerning Moab.
• Ezekiel 38:16and you will attack my people Israel, covering their land like a cloud. At that time in the distant future, I will bring you against my land as everyone watches, and my holiness will be displayed by what happens to you, Gog. Then all the nations will know that I am the Lord.
• Hosea 3:5But afterward the people will return and devote themselves to the Lord their God and to David’s descendant, their king. In the last days, they will tremble in awe of the Lord and of his goodness.
• 1 Timothy 4:1Now the Holy Spirit tells us clearly that in the last times some will turn away from the true faith; they will follow deceptive spirits and teachings that come 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