Isa 30:16     But ye said, 'No; for we will flee upon horses;' therefore shall ye flee: and, 'We will ride upon the swift;' therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.
17    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."

     God's People sought help in the force of their own strength when the king of Babylon and Chaldeans came upon them with swift horses;

 

Habakkuk 1: Read All.

 

 Our Lord's Book of Revelation mentions an end time Babylon system again;

 

 Rev.17 through 18: Read All.

 

 The fleeing upon horses for the Revelation "beast" time is to try and escape the coming of the latter day king of Babylon and his troop (Satan as the "dragon", and his locust army;

 

Rev.9; 12 & 13: Read All.

 

 So the Message here is of those who do not stay in God's Word for the latter days, but seek to escape the coming events instead. Only those not sealed with God's seal of Truth in their minds ("foreheads"), are Satan's locust army of false priests allowed to deceive ("sting", it's of deception through lies). Such is the result for those who deny The Word saying "No; for we will flee upon horses".
     This "left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain", and "as an ensign", is figurative for a stripped bare pole standing alone on a hill, put as a warning for others to beware, and not go that way. God prefers that we be as a healthy green tree planted by the waters;

 

Jer.17:7 forward: Read All.

 

 Remember back in Isaiah 2:22 where God said to "Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; wherein is he to be accounted for?" That means to quit listening to men, and understand directly from God through The Holy Spirit for your self.

 

 (These Bible studies are for me also, so don't think that I know everything; I do not. I am setting the example for you to learn 'how' to get into God's Word in study for yourself by His Guidance. I can't seal it in your mind for you, only Christ can do that.)

Isa 30:18      And therefore will the LORD wait, that He may be gracious unto you, and therefore will He be exalted, that He may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for Him.

     Our LORD has His own appointed time for His Son's return. He is waiting for that moment in Holy patience, just as we should wait for Him also. Do you know the "times and seasons" of our Lord's return so as to wait for Him? No man knows the day or hour of our Lord Christ's return, but He did reveal the events leading up to His return, which are those "times and seasons" Matt 24:

Mark 13:    Read All.

 Luke 21:

Rev.6:

 Remember the apostle Paul saying to those at Corinth that he desires to present them, and us, to Christ as a "chaste virgin", not being deceived by the wicked one as Eve was?