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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Isaiah 30 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/isaiah/30.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/isaiah/30-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CEV</a> > Isaiah 30</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../isaiah/29.htm" title="Isaiah 29">◄</a> Isaiah 30 <a href="../isaiah/31.htm" title="Isaiah 31">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s1">Don't Expect Help from Egypt</h3>1This is the Lord's message for his rebellious people:“You follow your own plansinstead of mine;you make treatieswithout asking me,and you keep on sinning.2You trust Egypt for protection.So you refuse my adviceand send messengers to Egyptto beg their king for help.3“You will be disappointed,completely disgracedfor trusting Egypt.4The king's power reachesfrom the city of Zoanas far south as Hanes.<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.30.4!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> 5But Egypt can't protect you,and to trust that nationis useless and foolish.”6This is a messageabout the animalsof the Southern Desert:“You people carry treasureson donkeys and camels.You travel to a feeble nationthrough a troublesome desertfilled with lionsand flying fiery dragons.7Egypt can't help you!That's why I call that nationa helpless monster.”<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.30.7!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> <h3 class="s1">Israel Refuses To Listen</h3>8The Lord told me to write down his message for his people, so that it would be there forever. 9They have turned against the Lord and can't be trusted. They have refused his teaching 10and have said to his messengers and prophets:Don't tell us what God has shown you and don't preach the truth. Just say what we want to hear, even if it's false. 11Stop telling us what God has said! We don't want to hear any more about the holy One of Israel.12Now this is the answerof the holy One of Israel:“You rejected my message,and you trust in violenceand lies.13This sin is like a crackthat makes a high wallquickly crumble 14and shatterlike a crushed bowl.There's not a piece leftbig enough to carry hot coalsor to dip out water.”<h3 class="s1">Trust the Lord</h3>15The holy Lord God of Israelhad told all of you,“I will keep you safeif you turn back to meand calm down.I will make you strongif you quietly trust me.”Then you stubbornly 16said,“No! We will safely escapeon speedy horses.”But those who chase youwill be even faster.17As few as five of them,or even one, will be enoughto chase a thousand of you.Finally, all that will be leftwill be a few survivorsas lonely as a flag poleon a barren hill.<h3 class="s1">The Lord Will Show Mercy</h3>18The Lord God is waitingto show how kind he isand to have pity on you.The Lord always does right;he blesses those who trust him.19People of Jerusalem, you don't need to cry anymore. The Lord is kind, and as soon as he hears your cries for help, he will come. 20The Lord has given you trouble and sorrow as your food and drink. But now you will again see the Lord, your teacher, and he will guide you. 21Whether you turn to the right or to the left, you will hear a voice saying, “This is the road! Now follow it.” 22Then you will treat your idols of silver and gold like garbage; you will throw them away like filthy rags.23The Lord will send rain to water the seeds you have planted—your fields will produce more crops than you need, and your cattle will graze in open pastures. 24Even the oxen and donkeys that plow your fields will be fed the finest grain.<a href="#Isa.30.24!f.1" id="link_Isa.30.24!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> 25On that day people will be slaughtered and towers destroyed, but streams of water will flow from high hills and towering mountains. 26Then the Lord will bandage his people's injuries and heal the wounds he has caused. The moon will shine as bright as the sun, and the sun will shine seven times brighter than usual. It will be like the light of seven days all at once.<h3 class="s1">Assyria Will Be Punished</h3>27The Lord is comingfrom far awaywith his fiery angerand thick clouds of smoke.<a href="#Isa.30.27!f.1" id="link_Isa.30.27!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> His angry words flame uplike a destructive fire;28he breathes out a floodthat comes up to the neck.He sifts the nationsand destroys them.Then he puts a bridlein every foreigner's mouthand leads them to doom.29The Lord's people will sing as they do when they celebrate a religious festival<a href="#Isa.30.29!f.1" id="link_Isa.30.29!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> at night. The Lord is Israel's mighty rock,<a href="#Isa.30.29!f.2" id="link_Isa.30.29!f.2" class="notelink f-link">+</a> and his people will be as happy as they are when they follow the sound of flutes to the mountain where he is worshiped.30The Lord will get furious. His fearsome voice will be heard, his arm will be seen ready to strike, and his anger will be like a destructive fire, followed by thunderstorms and hailstones. 31When the Assyrians hear the Lord's voice and see him striking with his iron rod, they will be terrified. 32He will attack them in battle, and each time he strikes them, it will be to the music of tambourines and harps.33Long ago the Lord got a place ready for burning the body of the dead king.<a href="#Isa.30.33!f.1" id="link_Isa.30.33!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> The place for the fire is deep and wide, the wood is piled high, and the Lord will start the fire by breathing out flaming sulfur.</div> </div> <a name="fn"></a> Footnotes: <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">30.4 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Zoan … Hanes: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “Your messengers have reached the city of Zoan and gone as far as Hanes.” Zoan was in northeast Egypt; Hanes was to the south.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">30.7 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">a helpless monster: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">30.24 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">the finest grain: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The Hebrew text refers to grain with the husks removed.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">30.27 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">with … smoke: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">30.29 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">a religious festival: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Probably Passover.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">30.29 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">mighty rock: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 17.10.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">30.33 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">burning … king: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “sacrificing the king” or “sacrificing to Molech.” Human sacrifices were sometimes offered to Molech, a god whose name sounds like the Hebrew word for “king” (see 2 Kings 23.10; Jeremiah 32.35).</char></note></div></div> <div align="center">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®) © 2006 American Bible Society. 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