Isaiah 30:8-10
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
8 [a]Now come, write it on a tablet they can keep,
inscribe it on a scroll;
That in time to come it may be
an eternal witness.(A)
9 For this is a rebellious people,
deceitful children,
Children who refuse
to listen to the instruction of the Lord;(B)
10 Who say to the seers, “Do not see”;
to the prophets,[b] “Do not prophesy truth for us;
speak smooth things to us, see visions that deceive!(C)
Footnotes
- 30:8 Isaiah will write down his condemnation of the foolish policy pursued so that the truth of his warning of its dire consequences (vv. 12–17) may afterward be recognized.
- 30:10 Seers…prophets: the two terms are synonyms for prophetic figures such as Isaiah (1:1; 2:1; 6:1, 5). There is wordplay between the nouns and their cognate verbs, both of which mean “to see.” The authorities are depicted as forbidding prophets to contradict their secret political and military policies.
Isaiah 30:8-10
King James Version
8 Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:
9 That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord:
10 Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
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