Isaiah 30

Verse 1- “rebellious children”-natural Israel.
Verses 1-7- These verses speak of Israel’s reliance upon Egypt, which represents
worldly wisdom. As the leaders of Israel rely upon Gentile nations for direction,
support, to that extent they “trust in the shadow of Egypt.”
Verse 8- “that it may be for the time to come...” future years, inclusive of our
day, and beyond.
Verses 9-14- Israel’s waywardness resulted in punishments.
Verses 15,16- Israel could have had safety in Jehovah, had they returned and
rested in Him, but they chose instead to do things their own way.
Verse 17- “till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a hill,” would point to
Masada.
Verse 18- God declares His long patience, centuries of time in length.
Verse 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.” The people of Israel shall sit
down (dwell) at the Feast of Weeks (in Zion) and shall weep no more (Joel 1:14
says Israel will cry at the Feast of Unleavened Bread). God will be gracious unto
those in Israel who cried, for when he hears it, (their cry having ascended up to
heaven as a manifestation of the ripeness of their distress) Jehovah will answer
thee, by means of the message of the trumpet sounding on the morning of the
Feast of Weeks.
Verse 20- “And the Lord give you the bread of adversity...” refers to adverse
events forthcoming, whereas, “yet shall not thy teachers...” the words of the
Torah and the prophets be discarded any longer, “but thine eyes (of
understanding) shall see thy teachers;” (seeing literal what the Old Testament
said relative to the situation at hand.)
Verse 21- “And thine ears shall hear a word behind (H4480- from or out of)
thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right
hand, and when ye turn to the left. This word of instruction shall come from
one of them, a priest of the house of Aaron who is also of the spiritual house of
Israel. From the perspective of Jehovah’s habitation being in the north, when
Israel turns to the right and to the left, they see Arabs on both sides of them,
east and west, Arabs that are in Israel’s land. Thus, Israel is instructed out of the
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Old Testament regarding what to do for those on both the right and left hand of
them.
Verse 22- Natural Israel will cast out her idols because of their renewed faith in
Jehovah and is Word.
Verses 23,24 speak of the blessings natural Israel will thereafter receive, just as
in Joel 2:18-27.
Verse 25- “And there shall be upon (in) every high mountain (representing
spiritual leadership), and upon (in) every high hill (less prominent
government), rivers and streams of waters (rivers and streams of waters
usually represent doctrines of truth, however, in this instance, the rivers and
streams of waters are not clean, but are brackish in nature, for the prevailing
doctrines of both religious leadership and of civil government is contrary to what
God has for Israel, both in function to perform and in ownership of the land
wherein Israel now resides) in the day of the great slaughter, when the
towers fall.” The towers are the same ones that are spoken of in Zep 1:16-2:4,
the chieftains of Damascus, Ashkelon, Ashdod, and Ekron, when they fall due to
the cleansing of the land by Israel.
Verse 26- “Moreover, the light of the moon (the understanding of the relative
Old Testament prophecies) shall be as the light of the sun (made bright,
clear), and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold (the light of truth regarding
the Gospel message, especially that of the Book of Revelation, in relationship to
the closing features of the Gospel Age, shall be seven times told, by the seven
trumpet soundings of Rev 8, each trumpet having a distinct message to give.) as
the light (truth) of seven days (each of the seven trumpets sounds on a
particular day, seven different days in total) in the day that the LORD bindeth
up the breach of His people (The breach here is the lack of Israel’s
understanding of who their Messiah is, which breach is bridged, bound up, by the
sounding of the trumpet of Mat 24:31), and healeth the stroke of their wound
(the wound is major compared to what Israel went through before the Feast of
Weeks by the Arab missile attacks. “The stroke of their wound” is the response of
the Arab peoples and nations against Israel because Israel’s declaration of who is
Messiah, set aside, overtopped, Allah. The only response the Arabs know is
violence, which means they do not know much, if anything, about proper human
behavior.
Verses 27,28- “Behold, the name (H8034- authority) of the LORD (Jehovah)
comes from far (heaven), burning with His anger, and the burden heavy:
His lips are full of indignation, and His tongue as a devouring fire (which
speaks of His Day of Vengeance): and His breath (H7307-anger), as an
overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the
nations with a sieve of vanity (“all is vanity,” Ecc. 1:2): and there shall be a
bridle (of self will) in (on) the jaws of the people, causing them to err.”
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Verse 29- “Ye (Israel) shall have a song (H7892- singing) as in the night
when a holy solemnity (Feast of Weeks) is kept; and gladness of heart
(during the following hours of the same day. A gladness of heart because of the
proclamation of Yeshua as their Messiah), as when one goes with a pipe
(H2485- flute) to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the Mighty One
of Israel.”
Verse 30- “And the LORD shall cause His glorious voice (of truth, by means
of the sounding of the trumpet of Mat 24:31) to be heard (in Israel and
elsewhere), and shall show the lighting down (H5183- punishment) of His
arm (Isa 40:10, Yeshua, John 12:36-38), with the indignation of His anger,
and with the flame of a devouring fire, scattering, and tempest, and
hailstones (acts rendered during God’s Day of Vengeance).”
Verse 31- “For through the voice of the LORD (from His written Word, Zeph
1:14, sounded as the trumpet of Mat 24:31 on the day of Feast of Weeks, 2020)
shall the Assyrian (the religious leader, known to the Arabs as Allah) be
beaten down (H2865- to prostrate) smote (H5221-to strike, smitten) with a
rod (H7626- literally a stick, for multiple purposes; discipline).” The declaration
of Yeshua as the Messiah of Israel is also the declaration that Yeshua is the
Messiah of the entire world. Thus, Allah, the chief religious leader, God, of the
Arab peoples is smitten down.
Verse 32- “And every place (H3605- the whole, hence all, any, every)
(everyone) where (whom) the grounded (H4145- a foundation) staff (H4294-
rod; of authority- Exo. 7:17) shall pass (H4569- a crossing, a transit,
overwhelming), which the Lord shall lay (H5117- rest, place) upon him, shall
be with tabrets (tambourines) and harps (indicative of rejoicing): and in
battles (H4421- engagement) of shaking (H8573- tumult) will he fight
(H3898- consume) with it.” (Translation: “And everyone, everywhere, whom
the foundation authority (Yeshua is Messiah) overwhelms, which the LORD shall
place upon Allah, shall be (either) with rejoicing (because of the news that
Yeshua is the Messiah), or with engagement of tumults will he (be) consumed
(the Arabs will react with violence against Israel because Allah has been
overtopped by Yeshua).
Verse 33- “For Tophet (H8613- a place of cremation; Second Death) ordained
of old; yea, for the king (Satan) it is prepared; he (Jehovah) hath made it
deep (an abyss) and large (enough for all, for whom it is for): the pile thereof
fire (destruction) and much wood (to burn everlastingly); the breath of the
LORD (His Word), like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.”
Original Copyright © G. Kuehmichel, April 15, 17, 2018. Revised May 15, 2020. All rights reserved.
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