Isaiah 10 · Verse 30

Isaiah 10:30

Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.
Isaiah 10:30, King James Version

Isaiah 10:30 in other translations

BSBCry aloud, O Daughter of Gallim! Listen, O Laishah! O wretched Anathoth!
WEBCry aloud with your voice, daughter of Gallim! Listen, Laishah! You poor Anathoth!
ASVCry aloud with thy voice, O daughter of Gallim! hearken, O Laishah! O thou poor Anathoth!
YLTCry aloud with thy voice, daughter of Gallim, Give attention, Laish! answer her, Anathoth.
DARBYLift up thy voice, daughter of Gallim! Hearken, O Laish! — Poor Anathoth!
BBEGive a loud cry, daughter of Gallim; let Laishah give ear; let Anathoth give answer to her.
WebsterLift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard to Laish, O poor Anathoth.

What does Isaiah 10:30 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 10:28-32

28-32. Onward gradual march of Sennacherib's army towards Jerusalem, and the panic of the inhabitants vividly pictured before the eyes. come to--come upon as a sudden invader (Ge 34:27). Aiath--same as Ai (Jos 7:2; Ne 7:32). In the north of Benjamin; so the other towns also; all on the line of march to Jerusalem. Michmash--nine miles northeast of Jerusalem. laid up ... carriages--He has left his heavier baggage (so…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 30 Cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anothoth "Hearken unto her, O Laish; answer her, O Anathoth!" - I follow in this the Syriac Version. The prophet plainly alludes to the name of the place, and with a peculiar propriety, if it had its name frown its remarkable echo. "ענתות anathoth, responsiones: eadem ratio nominis, quae in בית ענת beith anath, locus echus; nam hodienum ejus rudera ostenduntur in valle, scil. in medio montium, ut referent Robertus in Itiner. p. 70, et Monconnysius, p. 301." Simonis Onomasticon Vet. Test. - L. Anathoth - Answers, replies; for the same reason that Bethany, בית ענת berth anath, had its name, the house of echo; the remains of which are still shown in the valley, i.e., among the mountains.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 10:20-34

By our afflictions we may learn not to make creatures our confidence. Those only can with comfort stay upon God, who return to him in truth, not in pretence and profession only. God will justly bring this wasting away on a provoking people, but will graciously set bounds to it. It is against the mind and will of God, that his people, whatever happens, should give way to fear. God's anger against his people is but…

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Isaiah 10:30 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

צַהֲלִ֥יtza.ha.Licry aloudH6670
קוֹלֵ֖ךְko.Lekhvoice yourH6963
בַּת\־bat-O daughter ofH1323
גַּלִּ֑יםga.LimGallimH1554
הַקְשִׁ֥יבִיhak.Shi.vipay attentionH7181
לַ֖יְשָׁהLay.shahO LaishahH3919
עֲנִיָּ֥ה'a.ni.YahO afflicted [one]H6041
עֲנָתֽוֹת\׃a.na.TotAnathothH6068

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 10:30

  • 1 Samuel 25:44

    But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Gallim.

  • Jeremiah 1:1

    The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:

  • Joshua 21:18

    Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.

  • Judges 18:29

    And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first.

  • 1 Kings 2:26

    And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord God before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.

  • Jeremiah 32:8

    So Hanameel mine uncle’s son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the Lord, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord.

  • Judges 18:7

    Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Lift up thy voice. Heb. Cry shrill with thy voice. Gallim.
1Sa 25:44
Laish.
Jud 18:7,29
Anathoth.
Jos 21:18; 1Ki 2:26; Jer 1:1; 32:8

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Context

  • Isaiah 10:29

    They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.

  • Isaiah 10:30

    Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.

  • Isaiah 10:31

    Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee.

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Isaiah 10:30 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Grita en alta voz, hija de Galim; haz que se oiga hacia Lais, pobrecilla Anathoth.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Pousse des cris, fille de Gallim! Fais attention, Laïs! – Pauvre Anathoth!
German
Elberfelder 1871		Schreie laut, Tochter Gallims! Horche auf, Lais! Armes Anathoth!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Hinni voce tua, filia Gallim, attende Laisa, paupercula Anathoth.