Isaiah 30:21

And thine oznayim shall hear a davar behind thee, saying, This is the derech (road), walk ye on it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

In Context

20And though Adonoi give you the lechem tzar (bread of trouble), and the mayim lachatz (waters of affliction), yet shall not thy morim (teachers) hide themselves any more, but thine eynayim shall see thy morim;

22Ye shall defile also the covering of thy peselim of kesef, and the clothing of thy massekhot (cast idols) of zahav; thou shalt throw them away like a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee from here.

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Cross References

Joshua 1:7Only chazak (be strong) and very courageous, that thou mayest be shomer to do according to kol HaTorah, which Moshe Avdi commanded thee; turn not from it to the yamin or to the semol, in order that thou mayest succeed everywhere thou goest.

1 Samuel 12:23Moreover, as for me, chalilah (far be it) from me that I should sin against Hashem in ceasing to pray for you; but horeiti (I will teach) you the derech hatovah v'hayesharah (the good and upright way);

Psalms 25:8[Tet] Tov and yashar is Hashem; 1 therefore will He teach chatta'im in the Derech. 1

Psalms 143:8Cause me to hear Thy chesed in the boker; 1 for in Thee do I trust; 1 cause me to know the Derech wherein I should walk; 1 for I lift up my nefesh unto Thee. 1

Proverbs 4:27Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; 1 remove thy regel from rah. + 4:27 T.N. Everyone in life has two paths to choose from just as Moshiach Tzidkeinu spoke of two gates, a wide one crowded with traffic and leading to destruction, and another one found by few but leading to life and redemption — Mt 7:13-14

Isaiah 35:8And a maslul (highway) shall be there, and a derech (road), 1 and it shall be called The Derech HaKodesh (The Holy Road); 1 the tameh (unclean, impure person [see Isa 26:7]) shall not pass along it, 1 inasmuch as it shall be for them, 1 that is, the Holech Derech (Walker of the Road, i.e., whoever is the [Redeemed] Wayfarer on the Derech HaKodesh), 1 even evilim (morally bad foolish people) shall not go astray thereon. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 30:19-27

Promises. ( b. c. 720.) 18 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. 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. 20 And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not… Read the whole commentary →

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