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Isaiah 30:20

The Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 30:20

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity (so Mr. Cheyne). But most modern critics (Kay, Delitzsch, Vance Smith, etc.) regard the words as a promise of support through the siege, and omit the interpolated "though."

Translate, And the Lord will give yon bread of adversity, and water of affliction; i.e. scant rations, but sufficient; and thy teachers shall not, etc. Be removed into a corner; i.e. "have to hide themselves from persecution."

A persecution of Jehovah's prophets had commenced in Judah during the reign of Joash (), and had probably continued with more or less severity ever since.

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