以赛亚书 30:16

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

你們卻說：“不！我們要騎馬奔跑。”所以你們真的要逃跑；你們又說：“我們要騎快馬。”所以那些追趕你們的，也必快速！

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
你 们 却 说 ： 不 然 ， 我 们 要 骑 马 奔 走 。 所 以 你 们 必 然 奔 走 ； 又 说 ： 我 们 要 骑 飞 快 的 牲 口 。 所 以 追 赶 你 们 的 ， 也 必 飞 快 。

Contextual Overview

⁸ Now write this on a sign for the people, write this on a scroll, so that for the days to come this will be a witness forever. ⁹ These people are like children who lie and refuse to obey; they refuse to listen to the Lord 's teachings. ¹⁰ They tell the seers, "Don't see any more visions!" They say to the prophets, "Don't tell us the truth! Say things that will make us feel good; see only good things for us. ¹¹ Stop blocking our path. Get out of our way. Stop telling us about God, the Holy One of Israel." ¹² So this is what the Holy One of Israel says: "You people have refused to accept this message and have depended on cruelty and lies to help you. ¹³ You are guilty of these things. So you will be like a high wall with cracks in it that falls suddenly and breaks into small pieces. ¹⁴ You will be like a clay jar that breaks, smashed into many pieces. Those pieces will be too small to take coals from the fire or to get water from a well." ¹⁵ This is what the Lord God , the Holy One of Israel, says: "If you come back to me and trust me, you will be saved. If you will be calm and trust me, you will be strong." But you don't want to do that. ¹⁶ You say, "No, we need horses to run away on." So you will run away on horses. You say, "We will ride away on fast horses." So those who chase you will be fast. ¹⁷ One enemy will make threats, and a thousand of your men will run away. Five enemies will make threats, and all of you will run from them. You will be left alone like a flagpole on a hilltop, like a banner on a hill.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

for we will: Isaiah 5:26-30, Isaiah 10:28-32, Isaiah 31:1, Deuteronomy 28:25, 2 Kings 25:5, Psalms 33:17, Psalms 147:10, Jeremiah 52:7, Amos 2:14-16, Amos 9:1, Micah 1:13

therefore: Deuteronomy 28:49, Jeremiah 4:13, Lamentations 4:19, Habakkuk 1:8

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 32:25 - sword Joshua 11:6 - horses 1 Samuel 27:1 - there is nothing 2 Chronicles 28:20 - distressed him Job 39:11 - trust Psalms 20:7 - Some trust Isaiah 2:7 - their land is Isaiah 10:3 - to whom Isaiah 20:6 - whither Isaiah 30:5 - General Isaiah 36:9 - and put Isaiah 50:11 - all ye Jeremiah 39:4 - when Jeremiah 41:18 - for they Jeremiah 42:14 - we will go Jeremiah 46:6 - not Jeremiah 52:8 - General Ezekiel 11:8 - General Hosea 2:7 - she shall follow Hosea 14:3 - we will not

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But ye said, No, for we will flee upon horses,.... Hither and thither to get help and assistance; go down to Egypt for it on them, or thither for them, as some render it; and then face the enemy, and, if we can not conquer him, will flee from him, and so provide for our safety; this is man's way of salvation, as opposed to God's way; see Hosea 1:7 or this may design their fleeing on horses and camels with their riches into Egypt, both for the security of them and their persons, Isaiah 30:6:

therefore shall ye flee; on horses from the enemy, and be pursued and taken by him; this was fulfilled long after, when the city was taken by the Chaldeans; see 2 Kings 25:4:

and, We will ride upon the swift; horses or camels, to the swiftness of which they trusted, and doubted not to get off safe, but would find themselves mistaken:

therefore shall they that pursue you be swift; yea, swifter than the horses and camels they rode on, and overtake them, and either put them to death, or carry them captive. The Chaldeans are represented as very swift, Jeremiah 4:13.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But ye said, No - Ye who proposed an alliance with Egypt.

For we will flee upon horses - The word ‘flee’ (נוּס nûc), usually signifies to flee before or from any person or thing. But here it seems to have the notion of making a rapid motion in general, and not to refer to the fact that they expected to flee “from” their enemy, for it does not seem to have been a part of their expectation. The idea seems to be that by their alliance with Egypt they would secure the means of “rapid motion,” whatever might be the necesity or occasion for it, whether against or from an enemy. The sense is, ‘we will by this alliance secure the assistance of cavalry;’ and, doubtless, the design was to employ it in the attack and discomfiture of their foes. It will be recollected that Moses Deuteronomy 17:16 strictly forbade that the future monarch of the Jews should ‘multiply horses to himself, to cause the people to return to Egypt,’ and that consequently the employment of cavalry was against the laws of the nation. For the reasons of this prohibition, see the note at Isaiah 2:7. The attempt, therefore, in the time of Hezekiah to call in the aid of the cavalry of Egypt, was a violation of both the letter and the spirit of the Jewish institutions (compare Isaiah 31:1; Hosea 14:4).

Therefore shall ye flee - You shall fly before your enemies; you shall be defeated and scattered.

We will ride upon the swift - That is, upon fleet horses or coursers. Arabia was celebrated, and is still, for producing fleet coursers, and the same was formerly true of Egypt (see the note at Isaiah 2:7).