Isaiah 30:8

Translations

Modern

Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the days to come, a witness forever and ever.

Traditional

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:

Literal

Now go write it on a tablet before them and inscribe it on a scroll, that it may be for a day to come for a witness even to forever;

Latin

Nunc ergo ingressus, scribe ei super buxum, et in libro diligenter exara illud, et erit in die novissimo in testimonium usque in æternum.

Original

Hebrew

English

Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the days to come, a witness forever and ever.

Notes

Isaiah 30:8–11

God instructed the prophet to write down the vision for future generations. The present generation was rebellious. They chose false prophets' fantasies over God's word (see Isaiah 8:16–17).

Isaiah 30:1–33

After warning Judah of judgment due to their stubbornness and reliance on Egypt (Isaiah 30:1–17), God promised to show compassion to his people and defeat their enemies.

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah God’s Faithfulness to His People Salvation in Isaiah The Written Word

Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

Related verses

Deuteronomy 31:22
So that very day Moses wrote down this song and taught it to the Israelites.
Isaiah 8:1
Then the LORD said to me, “Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary stylus: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
Habakkuk 2:2
Then the LORD answered me: “Write down this vision and clearly inscribe it on tablets, so that a herald may run with it.
Jeremiah 36:28–32
“Take another scroll and rewrite on it the very words that were on the original scroll, which Jehoiakim king of Judah has burned.
Jeremiah 51:60
Jeremiah had written on a single scroll about all the disaster that would come upon Babylon—all these words that had been written concerning Babylon.
Jeremiah 36:2
“Take a scroll and write on it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah, and all the nations, from the day I first spoke to you during the reign of Josiah until today.
Deuteronomy 31:19
Now therefore, write down for yourselves this song and teach it to the Israelites; have them recite it, so that it may be a witness for Me against them.
Numbers 24:14
Now I am going back to my people, but come, let me warn you what this people will do to your people in the days to come.”
Job 19:23–25
I wish that my words were recorded and inscribed in a book,
Deuteronomy 4:30
When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice.
Jude 1:18
…when they said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow after their own ungodly desires.”
2 Peter 3:3
Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.

Glossary

Alliance Isaiah, Book of

Topics

Books: Divine Communications Recorded In National Sins: Ministers should Testify Against Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of War and Other Judgments Rebellion Against God: Ministers: should Testify Against Table: A Slab Upon Which Inscriptions Were Made

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