Chapter 30 – FAMILIA MUNDIAL
1 [6] Flying saraph: see note on ⇒ Numbers 21:6.
2 [7] Rahab: Egypt, here as elsewhere (cf ⇒ Psalm 87:4), is compared to the stormy, impetuous sea monster (cf ⇒ Isaiah 51:9; ⇒ Job 26:12; ⇒ Psalm 89:11), which yet, when asked for aid by Judah, becomes silent, quelled.
3 [8] Isaiah will write down his condemnation of the people so that (⇒ Isaiah 30:12-18) its fulfillment may afterward be admitted.
4 [20] Teacher: God, who in the past taught in a veiled manner through his prophets, will in future help them to understand his teaching clearly. This was eminently true when the Son of God became Man.
5 [27-33] God’s punishment of Assyria. The name of the LORD: God himself; cf ⇒ Psalm 20:2.
6 [29-33] Pyre: on which the corpse of the king of Assyria is burned. This is the occasion of festal rejoicing for the Israelites, who are now free from his yoke.