Isaiah 30:18

And the Lord will again wait, that he may pity you, and will therefore be exalted that he may have mercy upon you: because the Lord your God is a judge: blessed are they that stay themselves upon him.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

17A thousand shall flee because of the voice of one, and many shall flee on account of the voice of five; until ye be left as a signal post upon a mountain, and as one bearing an ensign upon a hill.

19For the holy people shall dwell in Zion: and whereas Jerusalem has wept bitterly, saying, Pity me; he shall pity thee: when he perceived the voice of thy cry, he hearkened to thee.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:4As for God, his works are true, 1 And all his ways are judgment: 1 God is faithful, and there is no unrighteousness in him; 1 Just and holy is the Lord. 1

Job 35:14He beholds them that perform lawless deeds, and he will save me: 1 And do thou plead before him, if thou canst praise him, as it is possible even now. 1

Psalms 34:8Let a snare which they know not come upon them; 1 And the gin which they hid take them: 1 And let them fall into the very same snare. 1

Psalms 46:10The rulers of the people are assembled with the God of Abraham: 1 For God’s mighty ones of the earth have been greatly exalted.

Psalms 62:5Thus will I bless thee during my life: 1 I will lift up my hands in thy name. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 30:9-18

Doom of Incorrigible Sinners. ( b. c. 720.) 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: 9 That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord : 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: 11 Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us. 12… Read the whole commentary →

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