Tree of Life Version
Isaiah 30:13
13therefore this sin will be to you like a crack bulging in a high wall, about to fall— its collapse comes suddenly, in an instant!
Isaiah 30:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.
- New International Version (NIV)this sin will become for you like a high wall, cracked and bulging, that collapses suddenly, in an instant.
- English Standard Version (ESV)therefore this iniquity shall be to you like a breach in a high wall, bulging out and about to collapse, whose breaking comes suddenly, in an instant;
- New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore this iniquity shall be to you Like a breach ready to fall, A bulge in a high wall, Whose breaking comes suddenly, in an instant.
Context of Isaiah 30:13
11Get out of the way! Turn away from the path! Let’s hear no more about the Holy One of Israel.” 12Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel: “Because you despise this word, and trust in oppression and rely on perversity, therefore this sin will be to you like a crack bulging in a high wall, about to fall— its collapse comes suddenly, in an instant! 14Its collapse is like smashing a clay jar, so ruthlessly shattered that a shard will not be found among the pieces to take fire from the hearth or scoop water from the cistern.” 15For thus says Adonai Elohim, the Holy One of Israel: “By repentance and rest you are saved, in quietness and trust is your strength— but you were not willing.”
Read all of Isaiah 30Isaiah 30:13 word by word
לָכֵ֗ן יִֽהְיֶ֤ה לָכֶם֙ הֶעָוֹ֣ן הַזֶּ֔ה כְּפֶ֣רֶץ נֹפֵ֔ל נִבְעֶ֖ה בְּחוֹמָ֣ה נִשְׂגָּבָ֑ה אֲשֶׁר־פִּתְאֹ֥ם לְפֶ֖תַע יָב֥וֹא שִׁבְרָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Therefore this iniquityעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: crimeH5771
- shall be to you as a breachפֶּ֫רֶץperets · breachH6556
- ready to fallנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
- swelling outבָּעָהbâ‛âh · to enquireH1158
- in a highשָׂגַבώâgab · to exaltH7682
- wallחוֹמָהchômâh · wallH2346
- whose breakingשֶׁ֫בֶרsheber shêber · breakingH7667
- comethבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- suddenlyפִּתְאֹםpith'ôm pith'ôm · suddenlyH6597
- at an instantפֶּתַעpetha‛ · suddennessH6621
Cross-references for Isaiah 30:13
- 1 Kings 20:30The rest fled to Aphek into the city and the wall fell upon 27,000 men that were left. But Ben-Hadad fled into the city, into an inner chamber.
- Psalms 62:3He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress—I will never be moved.
- Ezekiel 13:10Precisely because they have led My people astray saying, ‘Shalom’ when there is no shalom, they build a weak wall, behold, they plaster it over with whitewash.
- Matthew 7:27And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house; and it fell—and great was its fall.”
- Luke 6:49“But the one who hears yet does not do is like a man who built a house upon land without a foundation. When the torrent burst against it, immediately it collapsed—and the destruction of that house was great!”
- Isaiah 29:5Yet the multitude of your foes will become like fine dust, and the multitude of the terrifying like chaff that passes away. It will happen in an instant, suddenly.
- Job 36:18Beware lest wrath entice you with riches; or a large bribe turn you aside.
- Psalms 73:19How suddenly they became a ruin— terminated, consumed by terrors.
- Proverbs 29:1One who remains stiff-necked after many rebukes will suddenly be destroyed— without remedy.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:1Now concerning the times and seasons, brothers and sisters, you have no need for anything to be written to you.
Commentaries on Isaiah 30:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Swelling out to a high wall "A swelling in a high wall" - It has been observed before, that the buildings of Asia generally consist of little better than what we call mud walls. "All the houses at Ispahan, "says Thevenot, Vol. II., p. 159, "are built of bricks made of clay and straw, and dried in the sun; and covered with a plaster made of a fine white stone. In other places in Persia the houses are built with nothing else but such bricks, made with…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Therefore this iniquity - That is, this refusing to trust in Yahweh, and this intention to seek the alliance of Egypt. The general sense of the figure here is, that their depending on Egypt would involve them ultimately in complete and awful ruin - ruin that should come upon them as suddenly as when a wall that had been long swelling out gives way. As a breach ready to fall - Like a breaking forth, or a bursting in a wall. Swelling out in a high wall…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. 12-17Judgment would suddenly overtake the people of Judah because they were content with their fantasy world, and they refused God’s path to rest and quietness.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. Image from a curve swelling out in a wall (Psa 62:3); when the former gives way, it causes the downfall of the whole wall; so their policy as to Egypt.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
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