Isaiah 31:6

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

⁶Return to Him against whom you have so blatantly rebelled, O children of Israel.⁷For on that day, every one of you will reject the idols of silver and gold that your own hands have sinfully made. ⁸"Then Assyria will fall, but not by the sword of man; a sword will devour them, but not one made by mortals. They will flee before the sword, and their young men will be put to forced labor. ⁹Their rock will pass away for fear, and their princes will panic at the sight of the battle standard," declares the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, whose furnace is in Jerusalem.

Bible Verse Review
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Turn: Isaiah 55:7, Jeremiah 3:10, Jeremiah 3:14, Jeremiah 3:22, Jeremiah 31:18-20, Hosea 14:1-3, Joel 2:12, Joel 2:13, Acts 3:19, Acts 26:20

deeply: Isaiah 1:4, Isaiah 29:15, Isaiah 48:8, 2 Chronicles 33:9-16, 2 Chronicles 36:14, Jeremiah 5:23, Hosea 9:9

Reciprocal: Isaiah 17:8 - the work Isaiah 59:13 - departing Jeremiah 4:1 - return Jeremiah 6:28 - all grievous Hosea 12:6 - turn Zechariah 1:3 - Turn Zechariah 1:4 - Turn Acts 9:35 - turned

Cross-References

Genesis 30:29
Then Jacob answered, "You know how I have served you and how your livestock has thrived under my care.

Genesis 31:5
and he told them, "I can see from your father's face that his attitude toward me has changed; but the God of my father has been with me.

Genesis 31:8
If he said, 'The speckled will be your wages,' then the whole flock bore speckled offspring. If he said, 'The streaked will be your wages,' then the whole flock bore streaked offspring.

Genesis 31:9
Thus God has taken away your father's livestock and given them to me.

Genesis 31:10
When the flocks were breeding, I saw in a dream that the streaked, spotted, and speckled males were mating with the females.

Genesis 31:22
On the third day Laban was informed that Jacob had fled.

Genesis 31:25
Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country of Gilead, and when Laban overtook him, he and his brothers camped there as well.

Genesis 31:38
I have been with you for twenty years now. Your sheep and goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten the rams of your flock.

Genesis 31:42
If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the One Feared by Isaac, had not been with me, surely by now you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, and last night He rendered judgment."

1 Peter 2:18
Servants, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but even to those who are unreasonable.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Turn ye unto [him],.... From the Egyptians, to whom they sought for help, unto the Lord, they had neglected; from evil ways and practices, idolatry and impiety, by repentance and reformation; to the true worship of God, to his word and ordinances, statutes and commands. The Targum is,

"turn to the law;''

which they had rejected and broken. These are the words of the prophet, a call of his to the people to repentance, to which they might be induced by the gracious declaration of the Lord unto them, in the preceding verses, promising them preservation and safety:

[from] whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted: or, "made deep a revolt" u; had gone very far back from God, and deep into sin and ruin, that their recovery was difficult; and yet their return was absolutely necessary, which ought to be done both speedily and heartily. Some think reference is had to the deep schemes they had laid, those political ones, at least, which they thought were such, in applying to Egypt for help, when they, as it is said, Isaiah 29:15 sought "deep to hide their counsel front the Lord"; in doing which they deeply departed from him, and are here called to return to him. This is said not of the ten tribes, that were gone into captivity, but of the Jews, who were the posterity of Israel also; which is mentioned, to put them in mind of their descent, as an aggravation of their sin, and as an argument for their return.

u העמיקו סרה Heb. "profundam fecerunt recessionem", Piscator; "profundaverunt defevtionem", Montanus

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Turn ye unto him - In view of the fact that he will assuredly defend Jerusalem, commit yourselves unto him rather than seek the aid of Egypt.

Have deeply revolted - For the meaning of this phrase, see the note at Isaiah 29:15.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 31:6. Have deeply revolted - "Have so deeply engaged in revolt."] All the ancient Versions read תעמיקו taamiku, in the second person, instead of העמיקו heemiku, they have deeply revolted, &c.