Verse 18

Isaiah 30:18

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18 People of Zion, you who live in Jerusalem, you won't have to weep any more. When you cry for help he will be kind to you. He will answer you immediately when he hears you.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וְ/לָ/כֵ֞ן יְחַכֶּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ לַֽ/חֲנַנְ/כֶ֔ם וְ/לָ/כֵ֥ן יָר֖וּם לְ/רַֽחֶמְ/כֶ֑ם כִּֽי אֱלֹהֵ֤י מִשְׁפָּט֙ יְהוָ֔ה אַשְׁרֵ֖י כָּל ח֥וֹכֵי לֽ/וֹ

English Translation

Therefore, the LORD will wait to be gracious to you, and therefore He will be exalted to have mercy on you; for the LORD is a God of justice; blessed are all who wait for Him.

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Chapter 30 Context

1 Tragedy is coming to my defiant children, declares the Lord. You make plans that don't come from me;... Focus ↗

2 You go to Egypt without asking me, looking to Pharaoh for protection, hoping to find safety hiding b... Focus ↗

3 But the protection of Pharaoh will be an embarrassment to you; hiding behind Egypt will only bring y... Focus ↗

4 Even though he has officials at Zoan and his messengers reach Hanes, Focus ↗

5 the Egyptians will offend everyone because they are useless—they're no help and good for nothing, ex... Focus ↗

6 A message about the animals of the Negev. The messengers travel through a harsh and hostile land whe... Focus ↗

7 Egypt's support is an empty breath of wind. That's why I call her Pride Sitting Down. Focus ↗

8 For they are a rebellious people, deceitful children, who refuse to listen to the Lord's instruction... Focus ↗

9 They tell people who see visions, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Don't give us prophec... Focus ↗

10 Stop telling us straight; go a different direction! We don't want to hear any more about the Holy On... Focus ↗

11 So this is how the Holy One of Israel replies, Since you have rejected this message, and since you t... Focus ↗

12 your punishment will suddenly fall on you, like a high wall that bulges out and collapses in an inst... Focus ↗

13 You will be smashed like a clay pot, broken into such tiny pieces that there won't be a big enough p... Focus ↗

14 This is what the Lord God (Elohim), the Holy One of Israel, said, If you repent and patiently trust... Focus ↗

15 You replied, “No! We'll escape on horseback! We'll get away on fast horses!” But the fast ones will... Focus ↗

16 Just one of them will chase after a thousand of you. Just five of them will make you all run away. A... Focus ↗

17 So the Lord waits, wanting to be kind to you, ready to act to show you mercy, for the Lord is a God... Focus ↗

18 People of Zion, you who live in Jerusalem, you won't have to weep any more. When you cry for help he...

19 Even though the Lord will give you the bread of hardship to eat and the water of suffering to drink,... Focus ↗

20 When you walk to the right or to the left, you will hear this command coming from behind you: “This... Focus ↗

21 You will defile your silver-coated idols coated with silver and your gold-covered images. You will t... Focus ↗

22 He will send rain when you sow, and the land will produce great harvests. At that time your cattle w... Focus ↗

23 The oxen and donkeys that help cultivate the earth will eat good greens and grain, spread with fork... Focus ↗

24 At that time when your enemies are killed and the fortresses fall, streams of water will flow down e... Focus ↗

25 The moon will shine as bright as the sun, and the sun will shine seven times brighter, like having s... Focus ↗

26 Look how the Lord arrives from far away, burning with anger and accompanied by thick clouds of smoke... Focus ↗

27 His breath rushes out like a flood that comes up to the neck. He shakes the nations in a sieve that... Focus ↗

28 But you will have a song to sing like you do on the night of a holy festival. You will celebrate in... Focus ↗

29 The Lord will shout so everyone hears him he will reveal his great power. He will hit out in his ang... Focus ↗

30 At the Lord's command the Assyrians will be shattered, knocked down by his scepter. Focus ↗

31 Every time the Lord hits them with his rod of punishment it will be accompanied by the music of tamb... Focus ↗

32 The place of burning has been prepared a long time ago, ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: Isaiah
Chapter: Chapter 30 (32 verses)
Version: Free Bible Version

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