The Scofield Bible Commentary: Isaiah: Isaiah Chapter 30
The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]
trust
(See Scofield) - (Psa 2:12).
burden
(See Scofield) - (Isa 13:1).
Behold
The imagery of (Isa 30:27); (Isa 30:28) is cumulative. Judah is making an alliance with Egypt when she might be in league with Him whose judgment upon the world-powers will be like a terrible thunder-tempest (v.27), turning streams into torrents neck-deep (v. 28, f.c.); who will sift the nations in their own sieve of vanity (or "destruction"), and put His bridle into the jaws of the peoples.
Tophet
See (Jer 7:31); (Jer 19:6); (Kg2 23:10).
Historically a place in the valley of Hinnom where human sacrifices were offered. The word means "place of fire." The symbolic reference is to the lake of fire and the doom of the Beast. (Rev 19:20).