Isaiah 30:17
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Isaiah 30:17 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Isaiah 30:17 is a verse from the book of Isaiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Isaiah 30:17 — KJV
“One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill. a beacon: or, a tree bereft of branches, or, boughs: or, a mast”
— Isaiah 30:17 (KJV)
Isaiah 30:17 in Context — About the Book of Isaiah
Isaiah is the prince of prophets — soaring visions of God's holiness, searing warnings, and the Old Testament's clearest portraits of the coming Messiah: born of a virgin, wounded for our transgressions, a man of sorrows. Comfort and strength for the weary run through every chapter.
Cross-References for Isaiah 30:17
“And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 30:17: one, left, mountain
“Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD God of Israel.”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 30:17: five, left, top
“And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it. only in...: Heb. until he left its stones in Kirharaseth”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 30:17: one, left, top
“Then shall ye know that I am the LORD, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols.”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 30:17: top, mountain, hill
“To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit. their trees...: or, stand upon themselves for their height”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 30:17: one, top, tree
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