Isaiah 30 - New International Version (NIV)

Woe to the Obstinate Nation

30 “Woe^(A) to the obstinate children,”^(B)
declares the Lord,
“to those who carry out plans that are not mine,
forming an alliance,^(C) but not by my Spirit,
heaping sin upon sin;
² who go down to Egypt^(D)
without consulting^(E) me;
who look for help to Pharaoh’s protection,^(F)
to Egypt’s shade for refuge.^(G)
3 But Pharaoh’s protection will be to your shame,
Egypt’s shade^(H) will bring you disgrace.^(I)
4 Though they have officials in Zoan^(J)
and their envoys have arrived in Hanes,
⁵ everyone will be put to shame
because of a people^(K) useless^(L) to them,
who bring neither help^(M) nor advantage,
but only shame and disgrace.^(N)”

⁶ A prophecy^(O) concerning the animals of the Negev:^(P)

Through a land of hardship and distress,^(Q)
of lions^(R) and lionesses,
of adders and darting snakes,^(S)
the envoys carry their riches on donkeys’^(T) backs,
their treasures^(U) on the humps of camels,
to that unprofitable nation,
⁷ to Egypt, whose help is utterly useless.^(V)
Therefore I call her
Rahab^(W) the Do-Nothing.

⁸ Go now, write it on a tablet^(X) for them,
inscribe it on a scroll,^(Y)
that for the days to come
it may be an everlasting witness.^(Z)
9 For these are rebellious^(AA) people, deceitful^(AB) children,
children unwilling to listen to the Lord’s instruction.^(AC)
10 They say to the seers,^(AD)
“See no more visions^(AE)!”
and to the prophets,
“Give us no more visions of what is right!
Tell us pleasant things,^(AF)
prophesy illusions.^(AG)
11 Leave this way,^(AH)
get off this path,
and stop confronting^(AI) us
with the Holy One^(AJ) of Israel!”

¹² Therefore this is what the Holy One^(AK) of Israel says:

“Because you have rejected this message,^(AL)
relied on oppression^(AM)
and depended on deceit,
¹³ this sin will become for you
like a high wall,^(AN) cracked and bulging,
that collapses^(AO) suddenly,^(AP) in an instant.
¹⁴ It will break in pieces like pottery,^(AQ)
shattered so mercilessly
that among its pieces not a fragment will be found
for taking coals from a hearth
or scooping water out of a cistern.”

¹⁵ This is what the Sovereign^(AR) Lord, the Holy One^(AS) of Israel, says:

“In repentance and rest^(AT) is your salvation,
in quietness and trust^(AU) is your strength,
but you would have none of it.^(AV)
16 You said, ‘No, we will flee^(AW) on horses.’^(AX)
Therefore you will flee!
You said, ‘We will ride off on swift horses.’
Therefore your pursuers will be swift!
¹⁷ A thousand will flee
at the threat of one;
at the threat of five^(AY)
you will all flee^(AZ) away,
till you are left^(BA)
like a flagstaff on a mountaintop,
like a banner^(BB) on a hill.”

¹⁸ Yet the Lord longs^(BC) to be gracious to you;
therefore he will rise up to show you compassion.^(BD)
For the Lord is a God of justice.^(BE)
Blessed are all who wait for him!^(BF)

¹⁹ People of Zion, who live in Jerusalem, you will weep no more.^(BG) How gracious he will be when you cry for help!^(BH) As soon as he hears, he will answer^(BI) you. ²⁰ Although the Lord gives you the bread^(BJ) of adversity and the water of affliction, your teachers^(BK) will be hidden^(BL) no more; with your own eyes you will see them. ²¹ Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice^(BM) behind you, saying, “This is the way;^(BN) walk in it.” ²² Then you will desecrate your idols^(BO) overlaid with silver and your images covered with gold;^(BP) you will throw them away like a menstrual^(BQ) cloth and say to them, “Away with you!^(BR)”

²³ He will also send you rain^(BS) for the seed you sow in the ground, and the food that comes from the land will be rich^(BT) and plentiful.^(BU) In that day^(BV) your cattle will graze in broad meadows.^{(BW) 24} The oxen^(BX) and donkeys that work the soil will eat fodder^(BY) and mash, spread out with fork^(BZ) and shovel. ²⁵ In the day of great slaughter,^(CA) when the towers^(CB) fall, streams of water will flow^(CC) on every high mountain and every lofty hill. ²⁶ The moon will shine like the sun,^(CD) and the sunlight will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven full days, when the Lord binds up the bruises of his people and heals^(CE) the wounds he inflicted.

²⁷ See, the Name^(CF) of the Lord comes from afar,
with burning anger^(CG) and dense clouds of smoke;
his lips are full of wrath,^(CH)
and his tongue is a consuming fire.^(CI)
28 His breath^(CJ) is like a rushing torrent,^(CK)
rising up to the neck.^(CL)
He shakes the nations in the sieve^(CM) of destruction;
he places in the jaws of the peoples
a bit^(CN) that leads them astray.
²⁹ And you will sing
as on the night you celebrate a holy festival;^(CO)
your hearts will rejoice^(CP)
as when people playing pipes^(CQ) go up
to the mountain^(CR) of the Lord,
to the Rock^(CS) of Israel.
³⁰ The Lord will cause people to hear his majestic voice^(CT)
and will make them see his arm^(CU) coming down
with raging anger^(CV) and consuming fire,^(CW)
with cloudburst, thunderstorm^(CX) and hail.^(CY)
31 The voice of the Lord will shatter Assyria;^(CZ)
with his rod he will strike^(DA) them down.
³² Every stroke the Lord lays on them
with his punishing club^(DB)
will be to the music of timbrels^(DC) and harps,
as he fights them in battle with the blows of his arm.^(DD)
33 Topheth^(DE) has long been prepared;
it has been made ready for the king.
Its fire pit has been made deep and wide,
with an abundance of fire and wood;
the breath^(DF) of the Lord,
like a stream of burning sulfur,^(DG)
sets it ablaze.^(DH)

Cross references

1. Isaiah 30:1 : S Isa 28:1
2. Isaiah 30:1 : S Dt 21:18; S Isa 1:2
3. Isaiah 30:1 : S 2Ki 17:4; S Isa 8:12
4. Isaiah 30:2 : 2Ki 25:26; Isa 31:1; 36:6; Jer 2:18, 36; 42:14; Eze 17:15; 29:16
5. Isaiah 30:2 : S Ge 25:22; S Nu 27:21
6. Isaiah 30:2 : Isa 36:9
7. Isaiah 30:2 : S Isa 4:6
8. Isaiah 30:3 : Jdg 9:8-15
9. Isaiah 30:3 : ver 5; S Ps 44:13; Isa 20:4-5; 36:6
10. Isaiah 30:4 : S Nu 13:22
11. Isaiah 30:5 : ver 7; Isa 20:5; 31:1; 36:6
12. Isaiah 30:5 : S 2Ki 18:21
13. Isaiah 30:5 : S Ps 108:12; Jer 37:3-5
14. Isaiah 30:5 : S ver 3; S 2Ki 18:21; Eze 17:15
15. Isaiah 30:6 : Isa 13:1
16. Isaiah 30:6 : S Jdg 1:9
17. Isaiah 30:6 : S Ex 1:13; 5:10, 21; Isa 5:30; 8:22; Jer 11:4
18. Isaiah 30:6 : S Isa 5:29; 35:9
19. Isaiah 30:6 : S Dt 8:15
20. Isaiah 30:6 : S Ge 42:26; S 1Sa 25:18
21. Isaiah 30:6 : S Isa 15:7
22. Isaiah 30:7 : S 2Ki 18:21; S Jer 2:36
23. Isaiah 30:7 : S Job 9:13
24. Isaiah 30:8 : S Dt 27:8
25. Isaiah 30:8 : S Ex 17:14; S Isa 8:1; Jer 25:13; 30:2; 36:28; Hab 2:2
26. Isaiah 30:8 : Jos 24:26-27
27. Isaiah 30:9 : S Ps 78:8; S Isa 1:2; S Eze 2:6
28. Isaiah 30:9 : Isa 28:15; 59:3-4
29. Isaiah 30:9 : S Isa 1:10
30. Isaiah 30:10 : S 1Sa 9:9
31. Isaiah 30:10 : Jer 11:21; 32:3; Am 7:13
32. Isaiah 30:10 : S 1Ki 22:8; S Jer 4:10
33. Isaiah 30:10 : Jer 23:26; 25:9; 26:9; 36:29; Eze 13:7; Ro 16:18; 2Ti 4:3-4
34. Isaiah 30:11 : ver 21; Pr 3:6; Isa 35:8-9; 48:17
35. Isaiah 30:11 : S Job 21:14
36. Isaiah 30:11 : S Isa 29:19
37. Isaiah 30:12 : ver 15; S Isa 5:19; 31:1
38. Isaiah 30:12 : S Isa 5:24
39. Isaiah 30:12 : S Ps 10:7; S 12:5; S Isa 5:7
40. Isaiah 30:13 : S Ne 2:17; Ps 62:3; S 80:12
41. Isaiah 30:13 : S 1Ki 20:30
42. Isaiah 30:13 : S Isa 17:14
43. Isaiah 30:14 : S Ps 2:9
44. Isaiah 30:15 : Jer 7:20; Eze 3:11
45. Isaiah 30:15 : S ver 12
46. Isaiah 30:15 : S Ex 14:14; S Jos 1:13
47. Isaiah 30:15 : S 2Ch 20:12; Isa 32:17
48. Isaiah 30:15 : Isa 8:6; 42:24; 57:17
49. Isaiah 30:16 : Jer 46:6
50. Isaiah 30:16 : S Dt 17:16; 1Ki 10:28-29; S Ps 20:7; Isa 31:1, 3; 36:8
51. Isaiah 30:17 : S Lev 26:8
52. Isaiah 30:17 : Lev 26:36; Dt 28:25; S 2Ki 7:7
53. Isaiah 30:17 : S Isa 1:8
54. Isaiah 30:17 : S Ps 20:5
55. Isaiah 30:18 : S Ge 43:31; Isa 42:14; 2Pe 3:9, 15
56. Isaiah 30:18 : Ps 78:38; Isa 48:9; Jnh 3:10
57. Isaiah 30:18 : S Ps 11:7; S Isa 5:16
58. Isaiah 30:18 : S Ps 27:14; Isa 25:9; 33:2; 40:31; 64:4; La 3:25; Da 12:12
59. Isaiah 30:19 : S Isa 25:8; 60:20; 61:3
60. Isaiah 30:19 : S Job 24:12
61. Isaiah 30:19 : Job 22:27; Ps 50:15; S 86:7; Isa 41:17; 58:9; 65:24; Zec 13:9; Mt 7:7-11
62. Isaiah 30:20 : 1Ki 22:27
63. Isaiah 30:20 : S Isa 28:9
64. Isaiah 30:20 : Ps 74:9; Am 8:11
65. Isaiah 30:21 : S Isa 29:24
66. Isaiah 30:21 : S ver 11; S Job 33:11
67. Isaiah 30:22 : S Ex 32:4; S Isa 17:8
68. Isaiah 30:22 : S Job 22:24; Isa 31:7
69. Isaiah 30:22 : Lev 15:19-23
70. Isaiah 30:22 : Eze 7:19-20
71. Isaiah 30:23 : S Dt 28:12; Isa 65:21-22
72. Isaiah 30:23 : Isa 25:6; 55:2; Jer 31:14
73. Isaiah 30:23 : S Job 36:31; Isa 62:8
74. Isaiah 30:23 : S Isa 28:5
75. Isaiah 30:23 : S Ps 65:13
76. Isaiah 30:24 : Isa 32:14, 20
77. Isaiah 30:24 : S Job 6:5
78. Isaiah 30:24 : Mt 3:12; Lk 3:17
79. Isaiah 30:25 : S Isa 13:5; 34:6; 65:12; Jer 25:32; 50:27
80. Isaiah 30:25 : S Isa 2:15
81. Isaiah 30:25 : S Ex 17:6; Isa 32:2; 41:18; Joel 3:18; Zec 14:8
82. Isaiah 30:26 : Isa 24:23; 60:19-20; Zec 14:7; Rev 21:23; 22:5
83. Isaiah 30:26 : S Dt 32:39; S 2Ch 7:14; Ps 107:20; S Isa 1:5; Jer 3:22; 17:14; Hos 14:4
84. Isaiah 30:27 : 1Ki 18:24; Ps 20:1; Isa 59:19; 64:2
85. Isaiah 30:27 : Isa 26:20; 66:14; Eze 22:31
86. Isaiah 30:27 : Isa 10:5; 13:5
87. Isaiah 30:27 : S ver 30; S Job 41:21
88. Isaiah 30:28 : S Isa 11:4
89. Isaiah 30:28 : S Ps 50:3; S Isa 28:15
90. Isaiah 30:28 : S Isa 8:8
91. Isaiah 30:28 : Am 9:9
92. Isaiah 30:28 : 2Ki 19:28
93. Isaiah 30:29 : Isa 25:6
94. Isaiah 30:29 : Isa 12:1
95. Isaiah 30:29 : S 1Sa 10:5
96. Isaiah 30:29 : S Ps 42:4; Mt 26:30
97. Isaiah 30:29 : S Ge 49:24
98. Isaiah 30:30 : S Ps 68:33
99. Isaiah 30:30 : Isa 9:12; 40:10; 51:9; 52:10; 53:1; 59:16; 62:8; 63:12
100. Isaiah 30:30 : S ver 27; S Isa 10:25
101. Isaiah 30:30 : S Isa 4:4; 47:14
102. Isaiah 30:30 : Ex 20:18; Ps 29:3
103. Isaiah 30:30 : S Ex 9:18
104. Isaiah 30:31 : S Isa 10:5, 12
105. Isaiah 30:31 : S Isa 11:4
106. Isaiah 30:32 : Isa 10:26
107. Isaiah 30:32 : S Ex 15:20
108. Isaiah 30:32 : S Isa 11:15; Eze 32:10
109. Isaiah 30:33 : S 2Ki 23:10
110. Isaiah 30:33 : S Ex 15:10; S 2Sa 22:16
111. Isaiah 30:33 : S Ge 19:24; S Rev 9:17
112. Isaiah 30:33 : S Isa 1:31