Now go, (A)write it on a tablet in their presence
And inscribe it on a scroll,
That it may [a]serve in the time to come
[b]As a witness forever.
For this is a (B)rebellious people, (C)false sons,
Sons who [c]refuse to (D)listen
To the [d]instruction of the Lord;
10 Who say to the (E)seers, “You must not see visions”;
And to the prophets, “You must not (F)prophesy the truth to us.
(G)Speak to us [e]pleasant words,
Prophesy illusions.
11 Get out of the way, (H)turn aside from the path,
(I)Stop speaking before us about the Holy One of Israel!”

12 Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says:

(J)Since you have rejected this word
And have put your trust in (K)oppression and crookedness, and have relied on them,
13 Therefore this (L)wrongdoing will be to you
Like a (M)breach about to fall,
A bulge in a high wall,
Whose collapse comes (N)suddenly in an instant,
14 Whose collapse is like the smashing of a (O)potter’s jar,
[f]So ruthlessly shattered
That a shard will not be found among its pieces
To [g]take fire from a hearth
Or to scoop water from a cistern.”

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Notas al pie

  1. Isaiah 30:8 Lit be
  2. Isaiah 30:8 As in most ancient versions; MT Forever and ever
  3. Isaiah 30:9 Lit are not willing
  4. Isaiah 30:9 Or Law
  5. Isaiah 30:10 Lit smooth things
  6. Isaiah 30:14 Lit Crushed, it will not be spared
  7. Isaiah 30:14 Lit snatch up

The Illusions of False Prophecy

“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.
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.”

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Notas al pie

  1. Isaiah 30:8 So 1QIsaa MT; 4QIsac LXX read write down
  2. Isaiah 30:11 Lit. bring to an end the Holy One from before us.
  3. Isaiah 30:12 Apparent meaning 1QIsaa; MT reads and are perverse
  4. Isaiah 30:14 Lit. broken—they do not take pity; so 1QIsaa; MT reads broken—he does not take pity