Isaiah 30:15 (GNV)

Passage

For thus sayd the Lord God, the Holy one of Israel, In rest and quietnes shall ye be saued: in quietnes and in confidence shall be your strength, but ye would not.

Nearby Context

Isaiah 30:13 Therefore this iniquitie shalbe vnto you as a breach that falleth, or a swelling in an hie wall, whose breaking commeth suddenly in a moment.

Isaiah 30:14 And the breaking thereof is like the breaking of a potters pot, which is broken without pitie, and in the breaking thereof is not found a sheard to take fire out of the hearth, or to take water out of the pit.

Isaiah 30:15 For thus sayd the Lord God, the Holy one of Israel, In rest and quietnes shall ye be saued: in quietnes and in confidence shall be your strength, but ye would not.

Isaiah 30:16 For ye haue sayd, No, but we wil flee away vpon horses. Therefore shall ye flee. We will ride vpon the swiftest. Therefore shall your persecuters be swifter.

Isaiah 30:17 A thousand as one shall flee at the rebuke of one: at the rebuke of fiue shall ye flee, till ye be left as a ship maste vpon the top of a mountaine, and as a beaken vpon an hill.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thus", "sayd", "lord", "holy", "israel", "rest", "quietnes", and "shall". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thus" and "sayd", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "And the breaking thereof is like the..." into verse 16's "For ye haue sayd No but we...", so "thus" and "sayd" belong inside that flow. In Isaiah context, the local focus is the Holy One of Israel, judgment and restoration, the servant of the LORD, and Zion's hope.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "thus" and "sayd" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.