Isaiah 30:21 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 30:21

And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”

BSB

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ASV

and thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it; when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

KJV

And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah (420)

And your teacher will not fly away from you anymore, and your eyes will see your instructor, and your ears will hear the word behind you, saying: This is the way, walk in it, neither to the right nor to the left. LXX: And those who deceive you will never come near you again, for your eyes will see those who have deceived you, and your ears will hear the words behind you of those who deceive, saying: This is the way, let us walk in it, whether to the right or to the left.

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The Church Fathers1 voice

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah (420)

(Verse 21.) And the Lord will give you tight bread and brief water. If we refer these times to Zerubbabel, the interpretation is easy; that under him there was not perfect joy, as David says: When the Lord turned the captivity of Zion, we were made like those who are comforted: so that they would receive not full and perfect consolation, but a likeness of consolation.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

And thine ears shall hear a word - A command or admonition. You shall not be left without spiritual guides and directors. Behind thee - That is, says Vitringa, the voice of conscience, as an “invisible” guide, shall admonish you. The idea, however, seems to be that if they were ignorant of the way, or if they were inclined to err, they should be admonished of the true path which they ought to pursue.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאָזְנֶ֙יךָ֙	ve.'a.ze.Nei.kha	and ears your	H241 →
תִּשְׁמַ֣עְנָה	tish.Ma'.nah	they will hear	H8085 →
דָבָ֔ר	da.Var	a word	H1697 →
מֵֽאַחֲרֶ֖יךָ	me.'a.cha.Rei.kha	from behind you	H310 →
לֵאמֹ֑ר	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →
זֶ֤ה	zeh	this	H2088 →
הַדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙	ha.De.rekh	[is] the way	H1870 →
לְכ֣וּ	le.Khu	walk	H1980 →
ב֔וֹ	vo	in <the> it
כִּ֥י	ki	that	H3588 →
תַאֲמִ֖ינוּ	ta.'a.Mi.nu	you will go to [the] right	H541 →
וְכִ֥י	ve.Khi	and that	H3588 →
תַשְׂמְאִֽילוּ׃	tas.me.'I.lu	you will go to [the] left	H8041 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H241veazeneikhaand ears your187×

The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 32:8
I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will give you counsel and watch over you.
leads to
- Proverbs 3:5–6
  Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;
- Psalms 33:18
  Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His loving devotion
- Psalms 25:8–10
  Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He shows sinners the way.
- Matthew 11:29
  Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
- Proverbs 8:10–11
  Receive my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold.
Through
Isaiah 58:11
The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
leads to
- John 4:14
  But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
- Jeremiah 31:12
  They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and…
- Psalms 32:8
  I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will give you counsel and watch over you.

About Isaiah

The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

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Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Isaiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

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About Isaiah