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“Woe to the rebellious children”, says the LORD, “who take counsel, but not from me; and who make an alliance, but not with my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin; See also: Isaiah 65:2Isaiah 1:2Hosea 7:13who set out to go down into Egypt without asking for my advice, to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to take refuge in the shadow of Egypt! See also: Isaiah 36:6Numbers 27:21Deuteronomy 28:68Therefore the strength of Pharaoh will be your shame, and the refuge in the shadow of Egypt your confusion. See also: Isaiah 20:5Jeremiah 17:5-6Romans 10:11For their princes are at Zoan, and their ambassadors have come to Hanes. See also: Isaiah 19:11Isaiah 57:9Jeremiah 43:7They shall all be ashamed because of a people that can’t profit them, that are not a help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.” See also: Jeremiah 2:36Isaiah 30:7Isaiah 30:16The burden of the animals of the South. Through the land of trouble and anguish, of the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches on the shoulders of young donkeys, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to an unprofitable people. See also: Deuteronomy 8:15Isaiah 46:1-2Jeremiah 11:4For Egypt helps in vain, and to no purpose; therefore I have called her Rahab who sits still. See also: Isaiah 2:22Hosea 5:13Isaiah 31:1-5Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come forever and ever. See also: Deuteronomy 31:22Habakkuk 2:2Isaiah 8:1For it is a rebellious people, lying children, children who will not hear the LORD’s law; See also: Isaiah 30:1Acts 7:51Zechariah 7:11-12who tell the seers, “Don’t see!” and the prophets, “Don’t prophesy to us right things. Tell us pleasant things. Prophesy deceits. See also: Romans 16:18Ezekiel 13:7-10Jeremiah 11:21Get out of the way. Turn away from the path. Cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.” See also: Romans 8:7John 15:23-24Job 21:14Therefore the Holy One of Israel says, “Because you despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and rely on it, See also: Isaiah 31:1-3Isaiah 5:24Amos 2:4therefore this iniquity shall be to you like a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking comes suddenly in an instant. See also: Ezekiel 13:10-15Isaiah 29:51 Kings 20:30He will break it as a potter’s vessel is broken, breaking it in pieces without sparing, so that there won’t be found among the broken pieces a piece good enough to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out of the cistern.” See also: Psalms 2:9Jeremiah 19:10-11Revelation 2:27For thus said the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, “You will be saved in returning and rest. Your strength will be in quietness and in confidence.” You refused, See also: Isaiah 26:3-4Isaiah 32:17Psalms 125:1-2but you said, “No, for we will flee on horses;” therefore you will flee; and, “We will ride on the swift;” therefore those who pursue you will be swift. See also: Isaiah 31:1Jeremiah 4:13Deuteronomy 28:25One thousand will flee at the threat of one. At the threat of five, you will flee until you are left like a beacon on the top of a mountain, and like a banner on a hill. See also: Deuteronomy 28:25Joshua 23:10Leviticus 26:36Therefore the LORD will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him. See also: 2 Peter 3:9Lamentations 3:25-26Proverbs 16:20For the people will dwell in Zion at Jerusalem. You will weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the voice of your cry. When he hears you, he will answer you. See also: Isaiah 60:20Psalms 50:15Isaiah 65:24Though the Lord may give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your teachers won’t be hidden any more, but your eyes will see your teachers; See also: 1 Kings 22:27Psalms 80:5Amos 8:11-12and when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way. Walk in it.” See also: Psalms 32:8Proverbs 3:5-6Isaiah 58:11You shall defile the overlaying of your engraved images of silver, and the plating of your molten images of gold. You shall cast them away as an unclean thing. You shall tell it, “Go away!” See also: Judges 17:3-4Isaiah 31:7Isaiah 46:6He will give the rain for your seed, with which you will sow the ground; and bread of the increase of the ground will be rich and plentiful. In that day, your livestock will feed in large pastures. See also: Zechariah 8:11-12Psalms 65:9-13Isaiah 32:20The oxen likewise and the young donkeys that till the ground will eat savory feed, which has been winnowed with the shovel and with the fork. See also: Genesis 45:6Deuteronomy 25:4Matthew 3:12There will be brooks and streams of water on every lofty mountain and on every high hill in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall. See also: Isaiah 35:6-7Isaiah 2:14-15Isaiah 43:19-20Moreover the light of the moon will be like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD binds up the fracture of his people, and heals the wound they were struck with. See also: Isaiah 60:19-20Deuteronomy 32:39Revelation 22:5Behold, the LORD’s name comes from far away, burning with his anger, and in thick rising smoke. His lips are full of indignation. His tongue is as a devouring fire. See also: 2 Thessalonians 2:8Zephaniah 3:8Psalms 18:7-9His breath is as an overflowing stream that reaches even to the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction. A bridle that leads to ruin will be in the jaws of the peoples. See also: Isaiah 37:292 Thessalonians 2:8Isaiah 11:4You will have a song, as in the night when a holy feast is kept, and gladness of heart, as when one goes with a flute to come to the LORD’s mountain, to Israel’s Rock. See also: Psalms 42:4Exodus 15:1-21Psalms 95:1-2The LORD will cause his glorious voice to be heard, and will show the descent of his arm, with the indignation of his anger and the flame of a devouring fire, with a blast, storm, and hailstones. See also: Isaiah 29:6Psalms 18:13-14Joshua 10:11For through the LORD’s voice the Assyrian will be dismayed. He will strike him with his rod. See also: Isaiah 9:4Isaiah 11:4Isaiah 10:5Every stroke of the rod of punishment, which the LORD will lay on him, will be with the sound of tambourines and harps. He will fight with them in battles, brandishing weapons. See also: Isaiah 11:15Isaiah 19:16Isaiah 2:19For his burning place has long been ready. Yes, it is prepared for the king. He has made its pyre deep and large with fire and much wood. The LORD’s breath, like a stream of sulfur, kindles it. See also: 2 Kings 23:10Jeremiah 19:6Genesis 19:24
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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)28 notes
Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity
Isaiah 30:1
Ver. 1. Of me. Ezechias was guided by human prudence, in making an alliance with Egypt, though he might have just reasons for refusing to pay tribute to the Assyrians. 4 K. xviii. 20. C.
--- And. Sept. "alliances not by," &c. H.
↑ 1Isaiah 30:2
Ver. 2. Down, with presents. v. 6. 4 K. xviii. 20.
↑ 2Isaiah 30:3
Ver. 3. Shame. Egypt had been defeated before Sennacherib's approach.
↑ 3Isaiah 30:4
Ver. 4. Hanes. Chal. "Taphanes," (Jer. ii. 16.) or Daphnæ Pelusiæ. Herod. ii. 30.
--- In the Arabic, Nome, which formed part of (H.) the dominions of Tharaca. C.
↑ 4Isaiah 30:6
Ver. 6. Burden. This title seems unnecessary, and may be added by some Jew, (C. xxi. 13.) though the Chal. and others explain it, "They carry on their beasts, presents to the south," to the nations of Arabia and Egypt, infested with lions,
&c. The rest of the prophecy is against the Jews, who cannot well be styled beasts of the south. C. --- Basilisk. The ibis devours many serpents on their flight from Arabia and Egypt. Herod. ii. 5. Solin. xxxii.
↑ 6Isaiah 30:7
Ver. 7. Cried. Heb. "called it Rahab, (or pride) it is rest." The people are indolent, though they will make great promises. C.
↑ 7Isaiah 30:8
Ver. 8. Box. This word was covered with wax. Propert. iii. 3. --- Write, that none may pretend that they were not admonished. Some think that this was addressed to Jeremias: but Isaias spoke to his incredulous countrymen.
↑ 8Isaiah 30:10
Ver. 10. See not. Such were the dispositions of their heart. C. xxviii. 15.
↑ 10Isaiah 30:11
Ver. 11. Us. Mention God no more, or let him not meddle with our affairs. Seek not to reclaim us, we are pleased with our delusion. C.
↑ 11Isaiah 30:12
Ver. 12. Oppression. Lit. "calumny," (H.) or rebellion against the Assyrians.
This was contrary to the respect due to God's name, used in the ratification of treaties, how wicked soever those princes might be.
↑ 12Isaiah 30:13
Ver. 13. For. Ps. lxi. 3. If God had not miraculously cut off the army of Sennacherib, what would have become of the kingdom of Juda?
↑ 13Isaiah 30:15
Ver. 15. Be. Sept. "groan," as Origen, &c. read. If you be seriously converted, and trust not in Egypt, you need not fear.
↑ 15Isaiah 30:16
Ver. 16. Ones, or chariots. C. --- Egypt was famous for horses. Deut. xvii. 16.
Forcr. ---
Rebsaces ridicules the Jews for the want of them. 4 K. xviii. 23. H.
↑ 16Isaiah 30:17
Ver. 17. Five. A small number shall put you to flight. M. --- Mast, set up after a shipwreck, to warn others, or as a signal. C. xxxiii. 23.
↑ 17Isaiah 30:18
Ver. 18. Wait for him. Having convinced Ezechias that he ought to trust in on other, the Lord rescues him from the hand of Sennacherib. C.
↑ 18Isaiah 30:19
Ver. 19. Weep. The citizens expected certain death, (H.) or slavery. C.
↑ 19Isaiah 30:20
Ver. 20. Water. The land will be reduced to a miserable condition by the ravages of Sennacherib.
H. --- The following was a sabbatical year. v. 23. C. xxxvii. 30. --- Teacher. It seems that Isaias,
&c. had been silent. He spoke after Ezechias had sent for him, and God promises that the people shall not be left without guides. C. --- Christ will not abandon his Church. M.
↑ 20Isaiah 30:22
Ver. 22. Garment. Heb. "ephod," belonging to the idol, or its priest. Ezechias had prohibited idolatry at first. After his deliverance he was still more zealous, and even those who had formerly retained an affection for idols, saw their vanity, and became sincere.
↑ 22Isaiah 30:24
Ver. 24. Floor. They shall not have straw only, but wheat, &c. to denote abundance.
↑ 24Isaiah 30:25
Ver. 25. Towers, or chief officers of Sennacherib. All shall be luxuriant.
↑ 25Isaiah 30:26
Ver. 26. Sevenfold. Exceedingly great, equal to the light of 49 days. C. --- The fame of Ezechias spread widely. His kingdom was a figure of that of Christ, when this was more perfectly realized, the preaching of the gospel having dispelled the darkness of error. C. --- He alludes to the day of judgment. S. Jer.
M.
↑ 26Isaiah 30:27
Ver. 27. Name. Majesty of God, (C.) in the future ages. H.
↑ 27Isaiah 30:28
Ver. 28. Error. The unjust government of Sennacherib, who endeavoured to engage all in idolatry.
↑ 28Isaiah 30:29
Ver. 29. Night. When the festivals commenced. C. --- He may particularly mean that night, when the destroying angel slew the Egyptians. Vatab. --- Pipe.
Music. H. --- This was not prescribed.
↑ 29Isaiah 30:30
Ver. 30. Stones. The Angel raised the storm, which destroyed many, while the rest in a panic fell upon one another. C. ix. 5. and xxvii. 36.
↑ 30Isaiah 30:31
Ver. 31. Rod. Sennacherib is terrified, who a few days before insulted the living God.
↑ 31Isaiah 30:32
Ver. 32. Harps. The sound of thunder will fill the people of Ezechias with joy, while the enemy shall perish irrecoverably. C.
↑ 32Isaiah 30:33
Ver. 33. Topheth. 'Tis the same as Gehenna, and is taken for hell. Ch. --- The Assyrians perish amid horrid cries (H.) and thunders, which resembled the noise made by drums, and by children who were burning in the arms of Moloc.
4 K. xviii. 4. and xxiii. 10. and 2 Par. xxix. 16. Some think that the carcasses of the Assyrians were to be burnt in this common sewer of Jerusalem.
But they were too far distant. C. xxxvii. 33. C.
↑ 33License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses