Isaiah 30:18

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
LORD	יְהוָה֙ Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
wait	יְחַכֶּ֤ה ye.cha.Keh	H2442	properly · verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
gracious	לַֽחֲנַנְכֶ֔ם la.cha.nan.Khem	H2603	properly · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
exalted	יָר֖וּם ya.Rum	H7311	to be high actively · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
mercy	לְרַֽחֶמְכֶ֑ם le.ra.chem.Khem	H7355	to fondle · preposition + verb, piel infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
LORD	יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֵ֤י 'e.lo.Hei	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct
judgment	מִשְׁפָּט֙ mish.Pat	H4941	properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute
blessed	אַשְׁרֵ֖י 'ash.Rei	H835	happiness · noun, common masculine plural construct
wait	ח֥וֹכֵי Cho.khei	H2442	properly · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct

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Cross-references

2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should peri…
Lamentations 3:25-26 The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
Proverbs 16:20 He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.
Isaiah 25:9 And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him…
Isaiah 8:17 And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
Psalms 34:8 O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
Psalms 27:14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
Isaiah 55:8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 30:18-26

The closing words of the foregoing paragraph (You shall be left as a beacon upon a mountain) some understand as a promise that a remnant of them should be reserved as monuments of mercy; and here the prophet tells them what good times should succeed these calamities. Or the first words in this paragraph may be read by way of antithesis, Notwithstanding this, yet will the Lord wait that he may be gracious. The prophet, having shown that those who made Egypt their confidence would be ashamed of it, here shows that those who sat still and made God alone their confidence would have the comfort of it. It is matter of comfort to the people of God, when the times are very bad, that all will be well…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 30:18

therefore--on account of your wicked perverseness (Isa 30:1-2, Isa 30:9, Isa 30:15-16), Jehovah will delay to be gracious [HORSLEY]. Rather, wait or delay in punishing, to give you time for repentance (Isa 30:13-14, Isa 30:17) [MAURER]. Or, "Yet therefore" (namely, because of the distress spoken of in the previous verses; that distress will lead the Jews to repentance, and so Jehovah will pity them) [GESENIUS]. be exalted--Men will have more elevated views of God's mercy; or else, "He will rise up to pity you" [G. V. SMITH]. Or (taking the previous clause as MAURER, "Therefore Jehovah will delay" in punishing you, "in order that He may be gracious to you," if ye repent), He will be far rem…

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John Gill on Isaiah 30:18

And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you,.... Or "yet" (q), or "nevertheless" though such an utter destruction shall be made, there are a few that the Lord has a good will unto, and therefore waits till the set time comes to arise and have mercy on them; he has taken up thoughts and resolutions of grace and favour concerning them, and has fixed the time when he will show it; and he is, as it were, panting and longing after it, as the word (r) used signifies, as some have observed, until it is up; he waits for the fittest and most proper time to show mercy; when things are brought to the worst, to the greatest extremity, and when his people are brought to a sense of…

The Church Fathers

For he calls and invites us, when he says, "All the day long I stretched forth my hands to a disobedient and gainsaying people"; and he is invited by us when we say to him, "All the day long I have stretched forth my hands unto you." He waits for us, when it is said by the prophet, "Therefore the Lord waits to have compassion upon us"; and he is waited for by us, when we say, "I waited patiently for the Lord, and he inclined to me," and "I have waited for your salvation, O Lord."
— John Cassian, CONFERENCE 13:12

(Verse 18) Therefore the Lord waits, to have mercy on you, and therefore he will be exalted in showing mercy to you, because the Lord is a God of justice: blessed are all they that wait for him. Great is the mercy of God, that he waits for our repentance, and until we turn away from our vices, he restrains his mighty hand, so as not to be forced to strike. But he shows mercy and spares, so that his mercy may be exalted, and the goodness of the Creator may be known to all. Certainly, as it is said in the Gospel (John 12:32): 'And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.' Therefore, he is lifted up on the cross, so as to spare all. He himself is the God of judgment; and blessed are all who wait for the Lord, waiting for his conversion. But whose conversion it is, and what that conversion is, the following words will show.
— Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Hezekiah — Whom Jehovah has strengthened. (1.) Son of Ahaz (2 Kings 18:1; 2 Chr. 29:1), whom he succeeded on the throne of the kingdom of Judah. He reigned twenty-nine years (B.C. 726-697). The history of this…
Afflictions · Tempered with mercy — Tempered with mercy
Afflictions And Adversities · .Tempered with mercy — .Tempered with mercy
Blessed, The · Who wait for the Lord — Who wait for the Lord
Long-Suffering Of God, The · Exercised toward: His people — Exercised toward: His people
Waiting Upon God · They who engage in: Are blessed — They who engage in: Are blessed

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Isaiah 30:18

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 30:18-26

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 30:18

John Gill on Isaiah 30:18

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Isaiah 30:18

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 30:18-26

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 30:18

John Gill on Isaiah 30:18

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Isaiah 30:18

Keil & Delitzsch on Isaiah 30:18

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Isaiah 30:18-33

Rashi on Isaiah 30:18