Isaiah 30 · Verse 26

Isaiah 30:26

Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the Lord bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
Isaiah 30:26, King James Version

Isaiah 30:26 in other translations

BSBThe light of the moon will be as bright as the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days—on the day that the LORD binds up the brokenness of His people and heals the wounds He has inflicted.
WEBMoreover the light of the moon will be like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD binds up the fracture of his people, and heals the wound they were struck with.
ASVMoreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that Jehovah bindeth up the hurt of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
YLTAnd the light of the moon hath been as the light of the sun, And the light of the sun is sevenfold, As the light of seven days, In the day of Jehovah's binding up the breach of His people, When the stroke of its wound He healeth.
DARBYAnd the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that Jehovah bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the wound of their stroke.
BBEAnd the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times greater, as the light of seven days, in the day when the Lord puts oil on the wounds of his people, and makes them well from the blows they have undergone.
WebsterMoreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be seven-fold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.

What does Isaiah 30:26 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
26. Image from the heavenly bodies to express the increase of spiritual light and felicity. "Sevenfold" implies the perfection of that felicity, seven being the sacred number. It shall also be literally fulfilled hereafter in the heavenly city (Is 60:19, 20; Re 21:23, 24; 22:5). breach--the wound, or calamity, sent by God on account of their sins (Is 1:5).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 26 Shall be sevenfold - The text adds כאור שבעת הימים keor shibath haiyamayim, "as the light of seven days, "a manifest gloss, taken in from the margin; it is not in most of the copies of the Septuagint. It interrupts the rhythmical construction, and obscures the sense by a false, or at least an unnecessary, interpretation. By moon, sun, light, are to be understood the abundance of spiritual and temporal felicity with which God should bless them in the days of the Messiah, which should be sevenfold, i.e. vastly exceed all that they had ever before possessed.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 30:19-26

God's people will soon arrive at the Zion above, and then they will weep no more for ever. Even now they would have more comfort, as well as holiness, if they were more constant in prayer. A famine of bread is not so great a judgment as a famine of the word of God. There are right-hand and left-hand errors; the tempter is busy courting us into by-paths. It is happy if, by the counsels of a faithful minister or…

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Isaiah 30:26 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.

וְהָיָ֤הve.ha.Yahand it will beH1961
אֽוֹר\־'or-[the] light ofH216
הַלְּבָנָה֙ha.le.va.Nahthe moonH3842
כְּא֣וֹרke.'orlike [the] light ofH216
הַֽחַמָּ֔הha.cha.Mahthe sunH2535
וְא֤וֹרve.'orand [the] light ofH216
הַֽחַמָּה֙ha.cha.Mahthe sunH2535
יִהְיֶ֣הyih.Yehit will beH1961
שִׁבְעָתַ֔יִםshiv.'a.Ta.yimsevenfoldH7659
כְּא֖וֹרke.'orlike [the] light ofH216
שִׁבְעַ֣תshiv.'AtsevenH7651
הַיָּמִ֑יםhai.ya.Mim<the> daysH3117
בְּי֗וֹםbe.Yomon [the] dayH3117
חֲבֹ֤שׁcha.Voshbinds upH2280
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
שֶׁ֣בֶרShe.ver[the] fracture ofH7667
עַמּ֔וֹa.Mopeople hisH5971
וּמַ֥חַץu.Ma.chatzand [the] wound ofH4273
מַכָּת֖וֹma.ka.Toblow hisH4347
יִרְפָּֽא\׃\ \סyir.Pa'he will healH7495

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Cross references for Isaiah 30:26

  • Isaiah 60:19-20

    The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.

  • Deuteronomy 32:39

    See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.

  • Revelation 22:5

    And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.

  • Revelation 21:23

    And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.

  • Isaiah 24:23

    Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.

  • Zechariah 14:7

    But it shall be one day which shall be known to the Lord, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.

  • Job 5:18

    For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

  • Jeremiah 33:5-6

    They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city. Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.

  • Zechariah 12:8

    In that day shall the Lord defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the Lord before them.

  • Hosea 6:1

    Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

  • Isaiah 11:9

    They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.

  • Lamentations 2:13

    What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the light of the moon.
11:9; 24:23; 60:19,20; Zec 12:8; 14:7; Re 21:23; 22:5
bindeth.
1:6; De 32:39; Job 5:18; Jer 33:5,6; La 2:13; Heb 6:1,2; Am 9:11

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Context

  • Isaiah 30:25

    And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.

  • Isaiah 30:26

    Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the Lord bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.

  • Isaiah 30:27

    Behold, the name of the Lord cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:

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Isaiah 30:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y la luz de la luna será como la luz del sol, y la luz del sol siete veces mayor, como la luz de siete días, el día que soldará Jehová la quebradura de su pueblo, y curará la llaga de su herida.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et la lumière de la lune sera comme la lumière du soleil, et la lumière du soleil sera septuple, comme la lumière de sept jours, au jour où l’ Éternel bandera la brisure de son peuple et guérira la blessure de ses plaies.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und das Licht des Mondes wird sein wie das Licht der Sonne, und das Licht der Sonne wird siebenfältig sein, wie das Licht von sieben Tagen, an dem Tage, da Jehova den Schaden seines Volkes verbinden und seiner Schläge Wunden heilen wird.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et erit lux lunæ sicut lux solis, et lux solis erit septempliciter sicut lux septem dierum, in die qua alligaverit Dominus vulnus populi sui, et percussuram plagæ ejus sanaverit.