Isaiah 30:8

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:

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
go	בּ֣וֹא Bo'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
write	כָתְבָ֥הּ kha.te.Vah	H3789	to grave · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
table	ל֛וּחַ Lu.ach	H3871	probably meaning to glisten · noun, common masculine singular absolute
note	חֻקָּ֑הּ chu.Kah	H2710	properly · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
book	סֵ֣פֶר Se.fer	H5612	properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute
time	לְי֣וֹם le.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
come	אַחֲר֔וֹן 'a.cha.Ron	H314	hinder · adjective, masculine singular absolute
for	עַד 'ad-	H5704	as far (or long · preposition
ever	לָעַ֖ד la.'Ad	H5703	properly · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
ever	עוֹלָֽם o.Lam	H5769	properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Deuteronomy 31:22 Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel.
Isaiah 8:1 Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man’s pen concerning Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
Habakkuk 2:2 And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
Deuteronomy 31:19 Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for m…
Jeremiah 36:2 Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all…
Jeremiah 36:28-32 Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burne…
Jeremiah 51:60 So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon.
Numbers 24:14 And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 30:8-17

Here, I. The preface is very awful. The prophet must not only preach this, but he must write it (Isa 30:8), write it in a table, to be hung up and exposed to public view; he must carefully note it, not in loose papers which might be lost or torn, but in a book, to be preserved for posterity, in perpetuam rei memoriam - for a standing testimony against this wicked generation; let it remain not only to the next succeeding ages, but for ever and ever, while the world stands; and so it shall, for the book of the scriptures no doubt, shall continue, and be read, to the end of time. Let it be written, 1. To shame the men of the present age, who would not hear and heed it when it was spoken. Let it…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 30:8

table--a tablet (Hab 2:2), which should be set in public, containing the prophecy in a briefer form, to be read by all. a book--namely, a parchment roll, containing the prophecy in full, for the use of distant posterity. Its truth will be seen hereafter when the event has come to pass. See on Isa 8:1; Isa 8:16. for ever and ever--rather read, "For a testimony for ever" [Chaldee, JEROME, LOWTH]: "testimony is often joined to the notion of perpetuity (Deu 31:19, Deu 31:21, Deu 31:26).

John Gill on Isaiah 30:8

Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book,.... Meaning their sins, their rebellion against God, their trust in an arm of flesh, and contempt of the divine word; or the prophecy of their destruction, for these things; and both may be meant; which the Lord orders to be written before their eyes, in some public place, as in the temple, upon a table, a table of wood covered with wax, on which they formerly wrote, and then hung it up against a wall, that it might be read by everyone; and he would have him also engross it in a book, that it might be kept for time to come: now what God would have thus written and engrossed, must be something considerable, and of consequence; an…

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John Calvin

The Church Fathers

[Isaiah] set his prophecy down in writing in a new book so that, after his prophecy was fulfilled, what he had written might bear witness against the Jews of what the inspired prophet predicted to them a long time before. This is why he did not simply write it in a book, but in a new book, a book capable of staying sturdy for a long time without easily falling apart, a book which could last until the events described in it would come to pass.
— John Chrysostom, DISCOURSES AGAINST JUDAIZING CHRISTIANS 5:4.6

(Verse 8.) Now, write for them on a tablet. Carefully inscribe it in the book: and it shall be a testimony until the last day. The Hebrews say that in the Prophets there is one spirit, and all times are connected before the Lord. Jeremiah commands, and it is God's command, that he writes on a tablet when entering Egypt, which is made of imperishable wood. Or, as Symmachus translates, on a wide board. But to the Jews, without a doubt: and he had explained it carefully in the book, so that there is no difficulty in reading it, so that when the prophecy is fulfilled, they will then understand that the speech of the prophets was true. We will quickly run through the obvious points, so that we can dwell on the more obscure ones.
— Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah

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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…
Books · Divine communications recorded in — Divine communications recorded in
Rebellion Against God · Ministers: Should testify against — Ministers: Should testify against
Sins, National · Ministers should: Testify against — Ministers should: Testify against
Table · 4. A slab upon which inscriptions were ma — 4. A slab upon which inscriptions were ma

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 30:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 30:8-17

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 30:8

John Gill on Isaiah 30:8

John Calvin

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Isaiah 30:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 30:8-17

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 30:8

John Gill on Isaiah 30:8

John Calvin

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Isaiah 30:8

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Isaiah 30:8-11

Rashi on Isaiah 30:8