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In an instant it will collapse and come crashing down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/30.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />therefore this iniquity shall be to you like a breach in a high wall, bulging out and about to collapse, whose breaking comes suddenly, in an instant;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/30.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly—in an instant!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/30.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/30.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Therefore this iniquity shall be to you Like a breach ready to fall, A bulge in a high wall, Whose breaking comes suddenly, in an instant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/30.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore this wrongdoing will be to you Like a breach about to fall, A bulge in a high wall, Whose collapse comes suddenly in an instant,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/30.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Therefore this iniquity will be to you Like a breach about to fall, A bulge in a high wall, Whose collapse comes suddenly in an instant,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/30.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Therefore this iniquity will be to you Like a breach about to fall, A bulge in a high wall, Whose collapse comes suddenly in an instant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/30.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Therefore this iniquity will be to you Like a breach about to fall, A bulge in a high wall, Whose breaking comes suddenly in an instant,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/30.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Therefore this wickedness [this sin, this injustice, this wrongdoing] will be to you Like a crack [in a wall] about to fall, A bulge in a high wall, Whose collapse comes suddenly in an instant,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/30.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />this iniquity of yours will be like a crumbling gap, a bulge in a high wall whose collapse will come in an instant—suddenly!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/30.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />this iniquity of yours will be like a spreading breach, a bulge in a high wall whose collapse will come in an instant—suddenly! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/30.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly in an instant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/30.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />This sin is like a crack that makes a high wall quickly crumble <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/30.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/30.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />That is why your sin will be like a high wall with a bulging crack, ready to fall. All of a sudden it will fall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/30.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You are guilty. You are like a high wall with a crack running down it; suddenly you will collapse. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/30.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />therefore, for you this sin will become like a breach in a high wall that is about to collapse, bulging out, and whose crash comes suddenly—in an instant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/30.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly?in an instant!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/30.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So this sin will become your downfall. You will be like a high wall that bulges and cracks and is ready to collapse; it crumbles suddenly, in a flash. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/30.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />therefore this iniquity shall be to you like a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking comes suddenly in an instant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/30.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/30.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />therefore this iniquity shall be to you like a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking comes suddenly in an instant. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/30.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore this iniquity is to you as a breach falling, "" Swelled out in a wall set on high, "" Whose destruction comes suddenly, in an instant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/30.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Therefore is this iniquity to you as a breach falling, Swelled out in a wall set on high, Whose destruction suddenly, at an instant cometh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/30.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For this, this iniquity shall be to you as a breach falling, gushing out in a high wall, of which the breaking will come suddenly at a moment.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/30.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Therefore shall this iniquity be to you as a breach that falleth, and is found wanting in a high wall, for the destruction thereof shall come on a sudden, when it is not looked for. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/30.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />for this reason, this iniquity will be to you like a breach that has fallen, and like a gap in a high wall. For its destruction will happen suddenly, when it is not expected.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/30.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />This iniquity of yours shall be like a descending rift Bulging out in a high wall whose crash comes suddenly, in an instant, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/30.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />therefore this iniquity shall become for you like a break in a high wall, bulging out, and about to collapse, whose crash comes suddenly, in an instant;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/30.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall and as a high wall whose breaking comes suddenly at an instant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/30.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because of this, this sin will be to you like a mountain pass that has fallen, and like a high wall whose breaking apart was sudden<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/30.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Therefore this iniquity shall be to you As a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, Whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/30.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />therefore shall this sin be to you as a wall suddenly falling when a strong city has been taken, of which the fall is very near at hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/30-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=6273" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/30.htm">The Worthless Treaty with Egypt</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">12</span>Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “Because you have rejected this message, trusting in oppression and relying on deceit, <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: lā·ḵên (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">this</a> <a href="/hebrew/5771.htm" title="5771: he·‘ā·wōn (Art:: N-cs) -- Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity. Or oavown; from avah; perversity, i.e. evil.">iniquity</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: yih·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">of yours</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- ">is like</a> <a href="/hebrew/6556.htm" title="6556: kə·p̄e·reṣ (Prep-k:: N-ms) -- A bursting forth, breach. From parats; a break.">a breach</a> <a href="/hebrew/5307.htm" title="5307: nō·p̄êl (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To fall, lie. A primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications.">about to fail,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1158.htm" title="1158: niḇ·‘eh (V-Nifal-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; to gush over, i.e. To swell; to desire earnestly; by implication to ask.">a bulge</a> <a href="/hebrew/7682.htm" title="7682: niś·gā·ḇāh (V-Nifal-Prtcpl-fs) -- A primitive root; to be lofty, especially inaccessible; by implication, safe, strong; used literally and figuratively.">in a high</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2346.htm" title="2346: bə·ḥō·w·māh (Prep-b:: N-fs) -- A wall. Feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join; a wall of protection.">wall,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7667.htm" title="7667: šiḇ·rāh (N-msc:: 3fs) -- Or sheber; from shabar; a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution.">whose collapse</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: yā·ḇō·w (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">will come</a> <a href="/hebrew/6597.htm" title="6597: piṯ·’ōm (Adv) -- Suddenness, suddenly. Or pith.om; from petha'; instantly.">suddenly—</a> <a href="/hebrew/6621.htm" title="6621: lə·p̄e·ṯa‘ (Prep-l:: Adv) -- From an unused root meaning to open; a wink, i.e. Moment (with or without preposition) adverbially, quickly or unexpectedly).">in an instant!</a> </span><span class="reftext">14</span>It will break in pieces like a potter’s jar, shattered so that no fragment can be found. Not a shard will be found in the dust large enough to scoop the coals from a hearth or to skim the water from a cistern.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/6-19.htm">Jeremiah 6:19</a></span><br />Hear, O earth! I am bringing disaster on this people, the fruit of their own schemes, because they have paid no attention to My word and have rejected My instruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/13-10.htm">Ezekiel 13:10-16</a></span><br />Because they have led My people astray, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and whitewashing any flimsy wall that is built, / tell those whitewashing the wall that it will fall. Rain will come in torrents, I will send hailstones plunging down, and a windstorm will burst forth. / Surely when the wall has fallen, you will not be asked, ‘Where is the whitewash with which you covered it?’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-26.htm">Matthew 7:26-27</a></span><br />But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. / The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/5-3.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:3</a></span><br />While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/62-3.htm">Psalm 62:3</a></span><br />How long will you threaten a man? Will all of you throw him down like a leaning wall or a tottering fence?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/6-15.htm">Proverbs 6:15</a></span><br />Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/23-12.htm">Jeremiah 23:12</a></span><br />“Therefore their path will become slick; they will be driven away into the darkness and fall into it. For I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/6-49.htm">Luke 6:49</a></span><br />But the one who hears My words and does not act on them is like a man who built his house on ground without a foundation. The torrent crashed against that house, and immediately it fell—and great was its destruction!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/13-16.htm">Hosea 13:16</a></span><br />Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/8-14.htm">Amos 8:14</a></span><br />Those who swear by the guilt of Samaria and say, ‘As surely as your god lives, O Dan,’ or, ‘As surely as the way of Beersheba lives’—they will fall, never to rise again.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-1.htm">2 Peter 2:1</a></span><br />Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/1-6.htm">Micah 1:6</a></span><br />Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of rubble in the open field, a planting area for a vineyard. I will pour her stones into the valley and expose her foundations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/1-10.htm">Nahum 1:10</a></span><br />For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard—like stubble that is fully dry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/1-18.htm">Zephaniah 1:18</a></span><br />Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-43.htm">Matthew 24:43</a></span><br />But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking comes suddenly at an instant.</p><p class="hdg">as a breach</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/20-30.htm">1 Kings 20:30</a></b></br> But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and <i>there</i> a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men <i>that were</i> left. And Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/62-3.htm">Psalm 62:3</a></b></br> How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall <i>shall ye be, and as</i> a tottering fence.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/13-10.htm">Ezekiel 13:10-15</a></b></br> Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and <i>there was</i> no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered <i>morter</i>: … </p><p class="hdg">cometh</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/29-5.htm">Isaiah 29:5</a></b></br> Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones <i>shall be</i> as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/36-18.htm">Job 36:18</a></b></br> Because <i>there is</i> wrath, <i>beware</i> lest he take thee away with <i>his</i> stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/73-19.htm">Psalm 73:19,20</a></b></br> How are they <i>brought</i> into desolation, as in a moment! 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Historically, this period was marked by Judah's reliance on alliances with foreign nations like Egypt, rather than trusting in God. This reflects a broader biblical theme where reliance on human strength and wisdom is contrasted with faith in God (<a href="/jeremiah/17-5.htm">Jeremiah 17:5-8</a>).<p><b>is like a breach about to fail</b><br>A "breach" in a wall signifies a point of weakness. In ancient times, city walls were crucial for protection, and a breach indicated vulnerability to enemy attacks. Spiritually, this symbolizes the moral and spiritual weaknesses that result from sin, which can lead to destruction if not addressed (<a href="/proverbs/25-28.htm">Proverbs 25:28</a>).<p><b>a bulge in a high wall</b><br>A "bulge" suggests an impending collapse, indicating that the consequences of Judah's sin are imminent. This imagery is used to convey the idea that the nation's false sense of security is deceptive. The high wall represents pride and self-reliance, which are often condemned in scripture (<a href="/proverbs/16-18.htm">Proverbs 16:18</a>).<p><b>whose collapse will come suddenly—in an instant!</b><br>The sudden collapse emphasizes the unexpected and swift nature of divine judgment. This serves as a warning that God's patience has limits, and judgment can occur without warning. This theme is echoed in the New Testament, where the return of Christ is described as coming like a thief in the night (<a href="/1_thessalonians/5-2.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:2-3</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, Isaiah is the author of the book. He prophesied to the Kingdom of Judah during a time of political turmoil and spiritual decline.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which was often warned by prophets like Isaiah to turn back to God and away from alliances with foreign nations and idolatry.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/a/assyria.htm">Assyria</a></b><br>The dominant empire during Isaiah's time, posing a significant threat to Judah. The people of Judah were tempted to rely on alliances with other nations, like Egypt, for protection against Assyria.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a></b><br>A nation that Judah sought to ally with for protection against Assyria, despite God's warnings through Isaiah that such reliance was misplaced.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/i/iniquity.htm">Iniquity</a></b><br>Refers to the sin and rebellion of Judah against God, particularly their reliance on human alliances rather than trusting in God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_misplaced_trust.htm">The Danger of Misplaced Trust</a></b><br>Trusting in human strength or alliances instead of God leads to instability and eventual collapse.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_suddenness_of_judgment.htm">The Suddenness of Judgment</a></b><br>Just as a breach in a wall can collapse suddenly, so can the consequences of sin and rebellion come unexpectedly.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>Isaiah's warning serves as a call to return to God and rely on His strength and wisdom rather than worldly solutions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_spiritual_discernment.htm">The Importance of Spiritual Discernment</a></b><br>Believers must discern the difference between worldly wisdom and God's guidance, choosing to follow God's path even when it seems counterintuitive.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_30.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 30</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_isaiah_31_with_god's_use_of_pagan_nations.htm">How do we reconcile Isaiah 31's call to trust God over foreign alliances with other passages where God uses pagan nations for His purposes?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/exodus_22_20__why_mandate_destruction.htm">Exodus 22:20: Why does the text mandate destruction for those worshipping other gods, despite broader biblical themes of free will and choice?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_were_israelites_'sold'_in_isaiah_50_1.htm">In Isaiah 50:1, how could the Israelites have been metaphorically 'sold' without any historical records of a literal sale or divorce decree?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_isaiah_59_2_contradict_god's_presence.htm">In Isaiah 59:2, does the claim that sins literally separate people from God contradict the New Testament concept of God's constant presence?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/30.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) <span class= "bld">As a breach ready to fall.</span>--The ill-built, half-decayed houses of Jerusalem may have furnished the outward imagery of the parable. First comes the threatening bulge, then the crack, and then the crash. That was to <span class= "ital">be </span>the outcome of the plans they were building up on the unsound foundation of corrupt intrigue. In <a href="/ezekiel/13-10.htm" title="Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, see, others daubed it with untempered mortar:">Ezekiel 13:10</a> we have the additional feature of the "untempered mortar" with which such a wall is built.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/30.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 13.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">This iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall</span>. Your sin in rebelling against God, rejecting the warnings of his prophets, and trusting in your own devices shall bring you into the condition of a wall in which there is a "breach," or rather, a "bulge," which therefore totters to its fall, and is liable to dissolve in ruins at any moment. <span class="cmt_word">Swelling out in a high wall.</span> The higher the wail, the greater the danger, and the more complete the destruction. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/30-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">this</span><br /><span class="heb">הַזֶּ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(haz·zeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> </span><span class="str2">This, that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">iniquity</span><br /><span class="heb">הֶעָוֺ֣ן</span> <span class="translit">(he·‘ā·wōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5771.htm">Strong's 5771: </a> </span><span class="str2">Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of yours</span><br /><span class="heb">יִֽהְיֶ֤ה</span> <span class="translit">(yih·yeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is like</span><br /><span class="heb">לָכֶם֙</span> <span class="translit">(lā·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">a breach</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּפֶ֣רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(kə·p̄e·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6556.htm">Strong's 6556: </a> </span><span class="str2">A bursting forth, breach</span><br /><br /><span class="word">about to fall,</span><br /><span class="heb">נֹפֵ֔ל</span> <span class="translit">(nō·p̄êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5307.htm">Strong's 5307: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall, lie</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a bulge</span><br /><span class="heb">נִבְעֶ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(niḇ·‘eh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1158.htm">Strong's 1158: </a> </span><span class="str2">To gush over, to swell, to desire earnestly, to ask</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in a high</span><br /><span class="heb">נִשְׂגָּבָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(niś·gā·ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7682.htm">Strong's 7682: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be, lofty, inaccessible, safe, strong</span><br /><br /><span class="word">wall,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּחוֹמָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḥō·w·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2346.htm">Strong's 2346: </a> </span><span class="str2">A wall of protection</span><br /><br /><span class="word">whose collapse</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁבְרָֽהּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(šiḇ·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7667.htm">Strong's 7667: </a> </span><span class="str2">A breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will come</span><br /><span class="heb">יָב֥וֹא</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḇō·w)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">suddenly—</span><br /><span class="heb">פִּתְאֹ֥ם</span> <span class="translit">(piṯ·’ōm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6597.htm">Strong's 6597: </a> </span><span class="str2">Suddenness, suddenly</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in an instant!</span><br /><span class="heb">לְפֶ֖תַע</span> <span class="translit">(lə·p̄e·ṯa‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6621.htm">Strong's 6621: </a> </span><span class="str2">A wink, moment</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/30-13.htm">Isaiah 30:13 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/30-13.htm">Isaiah 30:13 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/30-13.htm">Isaiah 30:13 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/30-13.htm">Isaiah 30:13 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/30-13.htm">Isaiah 30:13 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/30-13.htm">Isaiah 30:13 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/30-13.htm">Isaiah 30:13 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/30-13.htm">Isaiah 30:13 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/30-13.htm">Isaiah 30:13 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/30-13.htm">Isaiah 30:13 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/30-13.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 30:13 Therefore this iniquity shall be to you (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/30-12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 30:12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 30:12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/30-14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 30:14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 30:14" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>