The Prophet and His Day: Isaiah 1-39 - Free Bible Commentary

2. good crops, v. 23a. rich (BDB 206)b. plenteous (BDB 1032)3. green pastures for the livestock, v. 23, cf. 32:204. a special food for the working livestock, v. 24 (term BDB 330 is found only here)5. enemies defeated, v. 25 (“on every high hill.” This same idiom was used for Ba’al worship inHosea)6. plenty of light for health and growth, v. 26, cf. 60:20-21 (seven being symbolic of the perfectamount and light being symbolic of God’s presence, i.e., His name, v. 27)30:26 These blessings of restoration (cf. 11:6-9; Rom. 8:18-22) are after1. the day of great slaughter when the towers fall, v. 252. the day of the LORD binds up the fracture of His people, v. 263. the day the LORD heals the bruise He has inflicted, v. 26} “heals the bruise He has inflicted” This phrase and others like it (i.e., Deut. 32:39; I Samuel 2:6;II Kgs. 5:7; Job 5:18; Isa. 45:7; Jer. 1:10; 24:6; 31:28; Hos. 6:1; Amos 3:6) have caused moderns toquestion the merciful character of God. These are all idiomatic ways of asserting monotheism (i.e., oneand only one causality). Modern western people assume that there are many causalities in theirexperiences and their histories. The Bible asserts the sovereignty of God in all areas of reality. He ispresent and active!NASB (UPDATED) TEXT: 30:27-3327Behold, the name of the LORD comes from a remote place;Burning is His anger and dense is His smoke;His lips are filled with indignationAnd His tongue is like a consuming fire;28His breath is like an overflowing torrent,Which reaches to the neck,To shake the nations back and forth in a sieve,And to put in the jaws of the peoples the bridle which leads to ruin.29You will have songs as in the night when you keep the festival,And gladness of heart as when one marches to the sound of the flute,To go to the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel.30And the LORD will cause His voice of authority to be heard,And the descending of His arm to be seen in fierce anger,And in the flame of a consuming fireIn cloudburst, downpour and hailstones.31For at the voice of the LORD Assyria will be terrified,When He strikes with the rod.32And every blow of the rod of punishment,Which the LORD will lay on him,Will be with the music of tambourines and lyres;And in battles, brandishing weapons, He will fight them.33For Topheth has long been ready,Indeed, it has been prepared for the king.303