Isaiah 30:8 Go now, write it on a tablet for them, inscribe it on a scroll, that for the days to come it may be an everlasting witness.

◄ Isaiah 30:8 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
Go now, write it on a tablet for them, inscribe it on a scroll, that for the days to come it may be an everlasting witness.

English Standard Version
And now, go, write it before them on a tablet and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come as a witness forever.

New American Standard Bible
Now go, write it on a tablet before them And inscribe it on a scroll, That it may serve in the time to come As a witness forever.

King James Bible
Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the future, forever and ever.

International Standard Version
"Go now, and write it down on a tablet in their presence, inscribing it in a book, so that for times to come it may be an everlasting witness.

American Standard Version
Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now therefore go in and write for them upon box, and note it diligently in a book, and it shall be in the latter days for a testimony for ever.

Darby Bible Translation
Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and record it in a book, that it may be for the time to come, as a witness for ever,

Young's Literal Translation
No, go in, write it on a tablet with them, And on a book engrave it, And it is for a latter day, for a witness unto the age,

Cross References

Job 19:23
Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!

Isaiah 8:1
Moreover the LORD said to me, Take you a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.

Isaiah 34:16
Seek you out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it has commanded, and his spirit it has gathered them.

Jeremiah 30:2
Thus speaks the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write you all the words that I have spoken to you in a book.

Jeremiah 51:60
So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come on Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

30:8-18 The Jews were the only professing people God then had in the world, yet many among them were rebellious. They had the light, but they loved darkness rather. The prophets checked them in their sinful pursuits, so that they could not proceed without fear; this they took amiss. But faithful ministers will not be driven from seeking to awaken sinners. God is the Holy One of Israel, and so they shall find him. They did not like to hear of his holy commandments and his hatred of sin; they desired that they might no more be reminded of these things. But as they despised the word of God, their sins undermined their safety. Their state would be dashed in pieces like a potter's vessel. Let us return from our evil ways, and settle in the way of duty; that is the way to be saved. Would we be strengthened, it must be in quietness and in confidence, keeping peace in our own minds, and relying upon God. They think themselves wiser than God; but the project by which they thought to save themselves was their ruin. Only here and there one shall escape, as a warning to others. If men will not repent, turn to God, and seek happiness in his favour and service, their desires will but hasten their ruin. Those who make God alone their confidence, will have comfort. God ever waits to be gracious to all that come to him by faith in Christ, and happy are those who wait for him.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

8. table—a tablet (Hab 2:2), which should be set in public, containing the prophecy in a briefer form, to be read by all.

a book—namely, a parchment roll, containing the prophecy in full, for the use of distant posterity. Its truth will be seen hereafter when the event has come to pass. See on [744]Isa 8:1; [745]Isa 8:16.

for ever and ever—rather read, "For a testimony for ever" [Chaldee, Jerome, Lowth]: "testimony is often joined to the notion of perpetuity (De 31:19, 21, 26).