1 The prophet threatens the people for their confidence in Egypt
8 And contempt of God's word
18 God's mercies towards his church
27 God's wrath and the people's joy, in the destruction of Assyria

A.M.cir.3291. B.C.cir.713
the rebellious Isa 30:9 1:2 63:10 65:2 De 9:7,24 29:19 Jer 4:17 5:23 Eze 2:3 3:9,26,27 12:2,3 Ho 7:13 Ac 7:51,52

that take Isa 8:19 29:15 1Ch 10:13,14 Ho 4:10-12

cover Isa 4:5 28:15,20 32:2 Ps 61:4 91:1-4

add Isa 1:5 5:18 Nu 32:14 Ho 13:2 Ro 2:5 2Ti 3:13

2 That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!

walk Isa 20:5,6 31:1-3 36:6 De 28:68 2Ki 17:4 Jer 37:5 43:7 Eze 29:6

and have Nu 27:21 Jos 9:14 1Ki 22:7 Jer 21:2 42:2,20

the shadow Isa 16:3 18:1 Jud 9:15 La 4:20

3 Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.

the strength Isa 30:5-7 20:5 Jer 37:5-10

your confusion Isa 45:16,17 Jer 17:5,6 Ro 5:5 10:11

4 For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.

his princes Isa 57:9 2Ki 17:4 Ho 7:11,12,16

Zoan Isa 19:11 Nu 13:22 Eze 30:14

Hanes Jer 43:7

Tahpanhes Eze 30:18

5 They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.

Isa 30:16 20:5,6 31:1-3 Jer 2:36

6 The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.

burden Isa 46:1,2 57:9 Ho 8:9,10 12:1

beasts 1Ki 10:2 Mt 12:42

into the land. Or, as Bp. Lowth renders, 'through a land of distress and difficulty:' the same deserts are here spoken of which the Israelites passed through. Isa 19:4 Ex 1:14 5:10-21 De 4:20 8:15 17:16 Jer 11:4

the viper Nu 21:6,7 De 8:15 Jer 2:6

riches 2Ch 9:1 16:2 28:20-23

7 For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.

the Egyptians Isa 31:1-5 Jer 37:7

concerning this. or, to her
their Isa 30:15 2:22 7:4 28:12 Ex 14:13 Ps 76:8,9 118:8,9 La 3:26 Ho 5:13

8 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:

write Isa 8:1 De 31:19,22 Job 19:23,24 Jer 36:2,28-32 51:60 Hab 2:2

the time to come. Heb. the latter day Isa 2:2 Nu 24:14 De 4:30 31:29 Job 19:25 Jer 23:20 48:47 Eze 38:16 Ho 3:5 1Ti 4:1 2Pe 3:3 Jude 1:18

9 That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD:

this is Isa 30:1 1:4 De 31:27-29 32:20 Jer 44:2-17 Zep 3:2 Mt 23:31-33 Ac 7:51

lying Isa 59:3 63:8 Jer 9:3 Ho 4:2 Re 21:8 22:15

will not 2Ch 33:10 36:15,16 Ne 9:29,30 Pr 28:9 Jer 7:13 Zec 1:4-6 7:11,12 Ro 2:21-23

10 Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:

say 1Ki 21:20 2Ch 16:10 18:7-27 24:19-21 25:16 Jer 5:31 11:21 26:11,20-23 29:27 38:4 Am 2:12 7:13 Mic 2:6 Ac 4:17 5:28 1Th 2:15,16 Re 11:7

speak 1Ki 22:8-13,27 Jer 6:13,14 8:10,11 23:17,26-29 Eze 13:7-10 13:18-22 Mic 2:11 Joh 7:7 8:45 Ro 16:18 Ga 4:16

11 Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.

you out Isa 29:21 Am 7:13

cause Joh 15:23,24 Ro 1:28,30 8:7 Eph 4:18

12 Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:

because Isa 30:1,7,15-17 5:24 31:1-3 2Sa 12:9,10 Am 2:4 Lu 10:16 1Th 4:8

and trust Isa 28:15 47:10 Ps 52:7 62:10 Jer 13:25

oppression. or, fraud

13 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.

as a breach 1Ki 20:30 Ps 62:3 Eze 13:10-15 Mt 7:27 Lu 6:49

cometh Isa 29:5 Job 36:18 Ps 73:19,20 Pr 29:1 1Th 5:1-3

14 And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit.

he shall break Ps 2:9 Jer 19:10,11 Re 2:27

potters' vessel. Heb. bottle of potters
he shall not Isa 27:11 De 29:20 Job 27:22 Jer 13:14 Eze 5:11 7:4,9 8:18 9:10 24:14 Ro 8:32 11:21 2Pe 2:4,5

so that Isa 47:14 Ps 31:12 Jer 48:38 Lu 4:2 Eze 15:3-8

15 For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.

the Holy One Isa 30:11 Jer 23:36

in returning
is 30:7 7:4 26:3,4 32:17 1ch 5:20 2ch 16:8 32:8 ps 125:1,2 Jer 3:22,23 Ho 14:1-3

and ye Ps 80:11-13 Jer 44:16,17 Mt 22:3 23:37 Lu 13:34 Joh 5:40 Heb 12:25

16 But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.

for we will Isa 5:26-30 10:28-32 31:1 De 28:25 2Ki 25:5 Ps 33:17 147:10 Jer 52:7 Am 2:14-16 9:1 Mic 1:13

therefore De 28:49 Jer 4:13 La 4:19 Hab 1:8

17 One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.

thousand Le 26:8,36 De 28:25 32:30 Jos 23:10 Pr 28:1 Jer 37:10

till ye Isa 1:7,8 37:3,4 Ne 1:2,3 Zep 3:12 Zec 13:8,9 Mt 24:21,22

a beacon. or, a tree bereft of branches. or, boughs, or a mast Isa 6:13 27:11 Joh 15:2-6 Ro 11:17

18 And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.

therefore Isa 55:8 Ex 34:6 Ho 2:14 Ro 5:20 9:15-18

wait Isa 18:4 57:17,18 Jer 31:18-20 Ho 5:15 6:1,2 11:8,9 Jon 3:4-10 Mt 15:22-28 Lu 15:20 Ro 9:22 2Pe 3:9,15

will he be Isa 33:10-12 Ps 46:10,11 76:5-10 Lu 24:26,27 Ac 2:33-39 5:31 Eph 1:6,20-23

for the Lord Isa 33:5 42:1-4 De 32:4 1Sa 2:3 Job 35:14 Ps 99:4 Jer 10:24,25 Mic 7:18-20 Mal 2:17 Ro 2:2-10 Eph 1:8

blessed Isa 8:17 25:9 26:7,8 40:31 Ps 2:12 27:14 28:6,7 34:8 40:1-3 62:1,2,5-8 84:12 Pr 16:20 Jer 17:7 La 3:25,26 Mic 7:7-9 Lu 2:25 Ro 8:25-28 Jas 5:11

19 For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.

dwell Isa 10:24 12:6 46:13 65:9 Jer 31:6,12 50:4,5,28 51:10 Eze 20:40 37:25-28 Zep 3:14-20 Zec 1:16,17 2:4-7 8:3-8 Ro 11:26

thou shalt Isa 12:3-6 25:8 35:10 40:1,2 54:6-14 60:20 61:1-3 65:18 Jer 30:12 31:9 Mic 4:9 Lu 6:21 Re 5:4 7:17

he will Isa 58:9 65:24 Ps 50:15 Jer 29:11-13 33:3 Eze 36:37 Mt 7:7-11 Eph 3:20 1Jo 5:14,15

20 And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:

the bread De 16:3 1Ki 22:27 2Ch 18:26 Ps 30:5 80:5 102:9 127:2 Eze 4:13-17 24:22,23 Ac 14:22

affliction. or, oppression
yet shall Ps 74:9 Am 8:11,12 Mt 9:38 Eph 4:11

21 And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

thine ears Isa 35:8,9 42:16 48:17 58:11 Ps 25:8,9 143:8-10 Pr 3:5,6 Jer 6:16 1Jo 2:20,27

when ye turn to the right De 5:32 Jos 1:7 23:6 2Ki 22:2 Ps 32:8 Pr 4:27

22 Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.

defile Isa 2:20,21 17:7,8 27:9 31:7 2Ki 23:4-20 2Ch 31:1 34:3-7 Eze 36:31 Mic 5:10-14 Zec 13:2 Re 19:20

thy graven images of silver. Heb. the graven images of thy silver Isa 46:6 Ex 32:2-4 Jud 17:3,4

cast. Heb. scatter
as a La 1:17 Eze 18:6

get Ho 14:8

23 Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.

shall he Isa 5:6 32:20 44:2-4 55:10,11 58:11 Ps 65:9-13 104:13,14 107:35-38 Jer 14:22 Eze 36:25,26 Ho 2:21-23 Joe 2:21-26 Am 4:7,8 Zec 8:11,12 10:1 Mal 3:10 Mt 6:33 1Ti 4:8

it shall
is 4:2 ps 36:8
thy cattle Ge 41:18,26,47 Ps 144:12-14 Ho 4:16 Mal 4:2

24 The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.

oxen De 25:4 1Co 9:9,10

ear the ground Ge 45:6 Ex 34:21 De 21:4 1Sa 8:12

clean. or, savour. Heb. leavened

25 And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.

upon every high Isa 2:14,15 35:6,7 41:18,19 43:19,20 44:3,4 Eze 17:22 34:13,26 Joh 7:38 Re 22:1

high. Heb. lifted up
in the day Isa 34:2-10 37:36 63:1-6 Eze 39:17-20 Re 16:1 17:1 18:1 19:1

when Isa 32:14 Na 3:12 2Co 10:4

26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.

the light of the moon Isa 11:9 24:23 60:19,20 Zec 12:8 14:7 Re 21:23 22:5

bindeth Isa 1:6 De 32:39 Job 5:18 Jer 33:5,6 La 2:13 Heb 6:1,2 Am 9:11

27 Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:

burning Isa 9:5 10:16,17 33:12 34:9 De 32:22 33:2 Ps 18:7-9 79:5 La 1:12,13 Da 7:9 Na 1:5,6 2Th 2:8 Heb 12:29

the burden thereof. or, the grievousness of flame.
heavy. Heb. heaviness Zep 3:8

28 And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.

his breath Isa 11:4 Ps 18:15 Lu 22:31 2Th 2:8 Heb 4:12 Re 1:16 2:16

an overflowing Isa 8:8 28:17,18 29:6 Hab 3:12-15

to sift. Bp. Lowth renders, 'to toss the nations with the van of perdition;' that is, says Kimchi, nothing useful shall remain behind, but all shall come to nothing and perish. The van of the ancients was a large instrument, somewhat like a shovel, with a long handle, with which they tossed the corn mixed with the chaff and chopped straw into the air, that the wind might separate them. Isa 19:12,14 33:10-12 Ho 13:3 Am 9:9 Mt 3:12

a bridle Isa 37:29 2Ki 19:28 Ps 32:9 Pr 26:3

causing Isa 19:3,13,14 2Sa 17:14 1Ki 22:20-22 Job 39:17 Eze 14:7-9 2Th 2:11

29 Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel.

ye shall Isa 12:1 26:1 Ex 15:1 2Ch 20:27,28 Ps 32:7 Jer 33:11 Re 15:3 19:1-7

in the night Le 23:32 De 16:6,14 Ps 42:4 81:1-4 Mt 26:30

with a pipe 1Ch 13:7,8 Ps 42:4 95:1,2 150:3-5

the mountain Isa 2:3

mighty one. Heb. rock Isa 26:4 De 32:4,31 Ps 18:31

30 And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.

the Lord Isa 29:6 Ps 2:5 18:13,14 46:6

his glorious voice. Heb. the glory of his voice Job 37:2-5 40:9 Ps 29:3-9 Eze 10:5 Re 1:15

the lighting Isa 51:9 62:8 Ex 15:16 Ps 98:1 Lu 1:51

the flame Isa 28:2 32:19 Jos 10:11 1Sa 7:10 Ps 18:13,14 50:1-3 76:5-8 97:3-5 Eze 38:19-22 Mic 1:4 Na 1:2-6 Mt 24:7 2Th 1:8 Re 6:12-17 11:19 14:16-20 16:18-21

31 For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod.

the voice Isa 30:30 37:32-38

which smote Isa 9:4 10:5,15,24 Ps 17:13,14 125:5 Mic 5:5,6

32 And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight with it.

every place, etc. Heb. every passing of the rod founded
lay. Heb. cause to rest.
it shall be
is 30:29 24:8 ge 31:27 1sa 10:5 job 21:11,12 ps 81:1,2
shaking Isa 2:19 11:15 19:16 Job 16:12 Heb 12:26

with it. or, against them

33 For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.

Tophet 2Ki 23:10 Jer 7:31,32 19:6,11-14 Mt 4:22 18:8,9

ordained Mt 25:41 1Pe 1:8 Jude 1:4

of old. Heb. from yesterday Heb 13:8

for the king Isa 14:9-20 37:38 Eze 32:22,23 Re 19:18-20

the breath Isa 30:27,28 Ge 19:24 Ps 40:5,6 Re 14:10,11