Isaiah 5:30

²⁸ Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses’ hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:

²⁹ Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.

And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: In that day they will roar over it, like the roaring of the sea. If one looks over the land, he will see darkness and distress; even the light will be obscured by clouds.
KJV: And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.
WEB: They will roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea. If one looks to the land, behold, darkness and distress. The light is darkened in its clouds.
ASV: And they shall roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold, darkness [and] distress; and the light is darkened in the clouds thereof.
DARBY: and they shall roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea. And if one look upon the earth, behold darkness [and] distress, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.
BLB: And he will roar over it that on the day, like the roaring of the sea. And one looks over the land, and behold, darkness [and] distress, and the light is darkened by its clouds.

ÅB: Og det bruser over det[^5] på den dag, slik som havet bruser; og skuer en til jorden, se, da er det mørke! Trengsel og lys! Det blir mørkt på dets[^6] skydekte himmel.
[^1]: omkring 36 liter.
[^2]: en homer var ti efa, og en efa lik en bat.
[^3]: d.e. de ugudelige rikmenns; JES 5, 8. 9.
[^4]: JES 7, 18.
[^5]: Juda.
[^6]: landets.
OTB: På den dagen skal de brøle over det som havets brøl. Og hvis man ser på landet, er det bare mørke og nød; selv lyset er formørket av skyer.
B1930: Og det bruser over det på den dag, likesom havet bruser; og skuer en til jorden, se, da er det mørke! Trengsel og lys! Det blir mørkt på dets skydekte himmel. / < Juda.> / < landets.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Isaiah 8:22
And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.
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Joel 2:10
The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
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Jeremiah 4:23–28
I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
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Revelation 16:10–11
And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
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Luke 21:25–26
And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
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Revelation 6:12
And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
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Psalms 93:3–4
The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.
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Matthew 24:29
Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
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