Isaiah 30:15

For this is what the Lord Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel says, 1 “In returning and resting you will be saved; in quietness and in trust will be your strength. 1 But you were not willing. 1

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For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.

In Context

14He will break it as a potter's vessel is broken; he will not spare it, 1 so that there will not be found among its pieces a shard 1 with which to scrape fire from the hearth, or to scoop up water out of the cistern. 1

16You said, 'No, 1 for we will flee on horses,' so you will flee; 1 and, 'We will ride upon swift horses,' so those who pursue you will be swift. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 14:14Yahweh will fight for you, and you will only have to stand still.”

2 Chronicles 16:8Were not the Cushites and the Libyans a huge army, with very many chariots and horsemen? Yet, because you relied on Yahweh, he gave you victory over them.

Psalms 80:11It sent out its branches as far as the sea 1 and its shoots to the Euphrates River. 1

Isaiah 7:4Tell him, 'Be careful, remain calm, do not be afraid or intimidated by these two smoldering firebrands, by the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram, and of Pekah son of Remaliah.

Isaiah 30:7For Egypt's help is worthless; 1 therefore I have called her Rahab, who sits still. 1

Isaiah 32:17The work of righteousness will be peace; and the result of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever. 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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