Isaiah 30:26

"There will be brooks and streams of water on every lofty mountain and on every high hill in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall."

Key Reflection

In Isaiah 30:26, the prophet envisions a time when water will flow abundantly even in arid and mountainous regions during a significant period of judgment, symbolizing divine retribution and renewal. The original audience would have understood this imagery as a sign of God's ultimate victory over their enemies and his provision for his people, contrasting with the scarcity they often experienced under oppressive regimes.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Moreover -In addition to all the blessings which are enumerated above. The light of the moon -Light is in the Scriptures an emblem of purity, intelligence, happiness, prosperity; as darkness is an emblem of ignorance, calamity, and sin. This figure is often used by the poets. Thus Horace: Soles melius nitent. Carm. liv.: Od. v. 8. The figure of augmenting light to denote the blessings of religion, and especially of the gospel, is often employed by Isaiah (compare the notes atIsaiah 2:5;Isaiah 9:2;Isaiah 10:17;Isaiah 13:10;Isaiah 58:8,Isaiah 58:10;Isaiah 60:1,Isaiah 60:3,Isaiah 60:19-20).

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