Isaiah 30:18

Yet therefore will the Lord waite, that he may haue mercy vpon you, and therefore wil he be exalted, that hee may haue compassion vpon you: for the Lord is the God of iudgement. Blessed are all they that waite for him.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 as one shall flee at the rebuke of one: at the rebuke of fiue shall ye flee, till ye be left as a ship maste vpon the top of a mountaine, and as a beaken vpon an hill.

19Surely a people shall dwell in Zion, and in Ierusalem: thou shalt weepe no more: he wil certainly haue mercy vpon thee at the voyce of thy crye: when he heareth thee, he wil answere thee.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:4Perfect is the worke of the mighty God: for all his wayes are iudgement. God is true, and without wickednesse: iust, and righteous is he.

Job 35:14Although thou sayest to God, Thou wilt not regard it, yet iudgement is before him: trust thou in him.

Psalms 27:14Hope in the Lord: be strong, and he shall comfort thine heart, and trust in the Lord.

Psalms 34:8Taste ye and see, howe gratious the Lord is: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

Psalms 46:10Be still and knowe that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, and I wil be exalted in the earth.

Psalms 62:5Yet my soule keepe thou silence vnto God: for mine hope is in him.

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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