Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 30

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Isaiah 30 . 1 , The prophet threatens the people for their confidence in Egypt , Isaiah 30 . 8 , and contempt of God’s word; Isaiah 30 . 18 , God’s mercies towards his church; Isaiah 30 . 27 , God’s wrath and the people’s joy , in the destruction of Assyria.

Isaiah 30:1

“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin.

Isaiah 30:1 · BSB

the rebellious18 parallels

that take5 parallels

cover6 parallels

add6 parallels

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am cir , 3291 , bc cir , 713

Isaiah 30:2

They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh's protection and take refuge in Egypt's shade.

Isaiah 30:2 · BSB

walk10 parallels

and have6 parallels

the shadow4 parallels

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Isaiah 30:3

But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace.

Isaiah 30:3 · BSB

the strength3 parallels

your confusion6 parallels

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Isaiah 30:4

For though their princes are at Zoan and their envoys have arrived in Hanes,

Isaiah 30:4 · BSB

his princes5 parallels

Zoan3 parallels

Hanes2 parallels

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Isaiah 30:5

everyone will be put to shame because of a people useless to them. They cannot be of help; they are good for nothing but shame and reproach.”

Isaiah 30:5 · BSB

the whole verse5 parallels

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Isaiah 30:6

This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people of no profit to them.

Isaiah 30:6 · BSB

burden6 parallels

beasts2 parallels

into the land7 parallels

Or , as Bp. Lowth renders , "through a land of distress and difficulty . " the same deserts are here spoken of which the Israelites passed through

the viper4 parallels

riches3 parallels

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Isaiah 30:7

Egypt's help is futile and empty; therefore I have called her Rahab Who Sits Still.

Isaiah 30:7 · BSB

the Egyptians2 parallels

Their11 parallels

Reciprocal10 parallels

concerning this or , to her

Isaiah 30:8

Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the days to come, a witness forever and ever.

Isaiah 30:8 · BSB

write9 parallels

the time to come12 parallels

Heb. the latter day

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Isaiah 30:9

These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction.

Isaiah 30:9 · BSB

this is8 parallels

lying6 parallels

will not11 parallels

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Isaiah 30:10

They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions.

Isaiah 30:10 · BSB

say19 parallels

speak15 parallels

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Isaiah 30:11

Get out of the way; turn off the road. Rid us of the Holy One of Israel!”

Isaiah 30:11 · BSB

you out2 parallels

cause6 parallels

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Isaiah 30:12

Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “Because you have rejected this message, trusting in oppression and relying on deceit,

Isaiah 30:12 · BSB

Because10 parallels

and trust5 parallels

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oppression or , fraud

Isaiah 30:13

this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly—in an instant!

Isaiah 30:13 · BSB

as a breach5 parallels

cometh6 parallels

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Isaiah 30:14

It will break in pieces like a potter’s jar, shattered so that no fragment can be found. Not a shard will be found in the dust large enough to scoop the coals from a hearth or to skim the water from a cistern.”

Isaiah 30:14 · BSB

he shall break4 parallels

he shall not14 parallels

so that5 parallels

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potters' vessel Heb. bottle of potters

Isaiah 30:15

For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “By repentance and rest you would be saved; your strength would lie in quiet confidence—but you were not willing.”

Isaiah 30:15 · BSB

the Holy One2 parallels

in returning13 parallels

and ye8 parallels

Reciprocal20 parallels

Isaiah 30:16

“No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.

Isaiah 30:16 · BSB

for we will11 parallels

therefore4 parallels

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Isaiah 30:17

A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill.

Isaiah 30:17 · BSB

thousand7 parallels

till ye11 parallels

a beacon4 parallels

or , a tree bereft of branches , or , boughs , or a mast

Reciprocal14 parallels

Isaiah 30:18

Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.

Isaiah 30:18 · BSB

therefore5 parallels

wait15 parallels

will he be10 parallels

for the Lord12 parallels

blessed23 parallels

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Isaiah 30:19

O people in Zion who dwell in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. He will surely be gracious when you cry for help; when He hears, He will answer you.

Isaiah 30:19 · BSB

dwell18 parallels

thou shalt15 parallels

he will10 parallels

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Isaiah 30:20

The Lord will give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, but your Teacher will no longer hide Himself—with your own eyes you will see Him.

Isaiah 30:20 · BSB

the bread11 parallels

yet shall5 parallels

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affliction or , oppression

Isaiah 30:21

And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”

Isaiah 30:21 · BSB

thine ears13 parallels

when ye turn to the right6 parallels

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Isaiah 30:22

So you will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, saying to them, “Be gone!”

Isaiah 30:22 · BSB

defile13 parallels

thy graven images of silver4 parallels

Heb. the graven images of thy silver

as a2 parallels

Get1 parallel

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cast Heb. scatter

Isaiah 30:23

Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.

Isaiah 30:23 · BSB

shall he23 parallels

it shall2 parallels

thy cattle6 parallels

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Isaiah 30:24

The oxen and donkeys that work the ground will eat salted fodder, winnowed with shovel and pitchfork.

Isaiah 30:24 · BSB

oxen3 parallels

ear the ground4 parallels

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clean or , savory , Heb. leavened

Isaiah 30:25

And from every high mountain and every raised hill, streams of water will flow in the day of great slaughter, when the towers fall.

Isaiah 30:25 · BSB

upon every high15 parallels

in the day6 parallels

when3 parallels

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high Heb. lifted up

Isaiah 30:26

The light of the moon will be as bright as the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days—on the day that the LORD binds up the brokenness of His people and heals the wounds He has inflicted.

Isaiah 30:26 · BSB

the light of the moon8 parallels

bindeth9 parallels

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Isaiah 30:27

Behold, the Name of the LORD comes from afar, with burning anger and dense smoke. His lips are full of fury, and His tongue is like a consuming fire.

Isaiah 30:27 · BSB

burning16 parallels

heavy1 parallel

Heb. heaviness

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the burden thereof or , the grievousness of flame

Isaiah 30:28

His breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray.

Isaiah 30:28 · BSB

his breath7 parallels

an overflowing5 parallels

to sift6 parallels

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

a bridle4 parallels

causing8 parallels

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Isaiah 30:29

You will sing as on the night of a holy festival, and your heart will rejoice like one who walks to the music of a flute, going up to the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel.

Isaiah 30:29 · BSB

Ye shall9 parallels

in the night6 parallels

with a pipe6 parallels

the mountain1 parallel

mighty One4 parallels

Heb. Rock

Reciprocal9 parallels

Isaiah 30:30

And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.

Isaiah 30:30 · BSB

the Lord5 parallels

his glorious voice5 parallels

Heb. the glory of his voice

the lighting5 parallels

the flame18 parallels

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Isaiah 30:31

For Assyria will be shattered at the voice of the LORD; He will strike them with His scepter.

Isaiah 30:31 · BSB

the voice2 parallels

which smote9 parallels

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Isaiah 30:32

And with every stroke of the rod of punishment that the LORD brings down on them, the tambourines and lyres will sound as He battles with weapons brandished.

Isaiah 30:32 · BSB

every place8 parallels

etc. Heb. every passing of the rod founded , lay. Heb. cause to rest. it shall be

shaking5 parallels

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with it or , against them

Isaiah 30:33

For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.

Isaiah 30:33 · BSB

Tophet8 parallels

ordained3 parallels

of old1 parallel

Heb. from yesterday

for the king5 parallels

the breath7 parallels

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web6 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Echoes James 5:5 → Isaiah 30:25, Isaiah 30:2 → 2 Kings 18:21, Isaiah 30:2 → 2 Kings 18:5, Isaiah 30:2 → 2 Kings 18:5-18
Chiasms
Shaped Isaiah 30:1–11, Isaiah 30:12–33
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