Isaiah 30:8-14
English Standard Version
A Rebellious People
8 And now, go, (A)write it before them on a tablet
and inscribe it in a book,
that it may be for the time to come
as a witness forever.[a]
9 (B)For they are a rebellious people,
lying children,
children unwilling to hear
the instruction of the Lord;
10 (C)who say to (D)the seers, “Do not see,”
and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us what is right;
speak to us (E)smooth things,
prophesy illusions,
11 leave the way, turn aside from the path,
let us hear no more about the Holy One of Israel.”
12 Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel,
“Because you despise this word
and trust in (F)oppression and perverseness
and rely on them,
13 therefore this iniquity shall be to you
(G)like a breach in a high wall, bulging out and about to collapse,
whose breaking comes suddenly, in an instant;
14 and its breaking is (H)like that of a potter's vessel
that is smashed so ruthlessly
that among its fragments not a shard is found
with which to take fire from the hearth,
or to dip up water out of the cistern.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 30:8 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Syriac, Targum, Vulgate, and Greek versions; Masoretic Text forever and ever
Isaiah 30:8-14
International Standard Version
The Illusions of False Prophecy
8 “Go now, and write it down[a] on a tablet in their presence,
inscribing it in a book,
so that for times to come
it may be an everlasting witness.
9 For they are a rebellious people,
deceitful children,
children unwilling to hear
the Lord’s instruction.
10 They say to the seers,
‘Don’t see visions,’
and to the prophets,
‘Don’t give us visions of what is right!
Instead, tell us welcome things, prophesy illusions,
11 get out of the way,
turn aside from the path,
and stop confronting us with the Holy One of Israel.”[b]
Rejecting God’s Message
12 Therefore, this is what the Holy One of Israel says:
“Because you reject this message,
and put your trust in oppression and enjoy it,[c]
and since you rely on it,
13 therefore, for you this sin will become
like a breach in a high wall that is about to collapse,
bulging out,
and whose crash comes suddenly—in an instant.
14 Its breaking will be like when potters’ vessels are broken,
shattered so ruthlessly[d]
that among its fragments not even a broken sliver will be found
for taking fire from a hearth
or scooping water out of a cistern.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 30:8 So 1QIsaa MT; 4QIsac LXX read write down
- Isaiah 30:11 Lit. bring to an end the Holy One from before us.
- Isaiah 30:12 Apparent meaning 1QIsaa; MT reads and are perverse
- Isaiah 30:14 Lit. broken—they do not take pity; so 1QIsaa; MT reads broken—he does not take pity
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