English Standard Version
Isaiah 30:9
9For they are a rebellious people, lying children, children unwilling to hear the instruction of the Lord;
Isaiah 30:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord:
- New International Version (NIV)For these are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to listen to the Lord’s instruction.
- New King James Version (NKJV)That this is a rebellious people, Lying children, Children who will not hear the law of the Lord;
- New Living Translation (NLT)that these people are stubborn rebels who refuse to pay attention to the Lord’s instructions.
Context of Isaiah 30:9
7Egypt's help is worthless and empty; therefore I have called her "Rahab who sits still." 8And now, go, 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. For they are a rebellious people, lying children, children unwilling to hear the instruction of the Lord; 10who say to the seers, "Do not see," and to the prophets, "Do not prophesy to us what is right; speak to us smooth things, prophesy illusions, 11leave the way, turn aside from the path, let us hear no more about the Holy One of Israel."
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כִּ֣י עַ֤ם מְרִי֙ ה֔וּא בָּנִ֖ים כֶּחָשִׁ֑ים בָּנִ֕ים לֹֽא־אָב֥וּ שְׁמ֖וֹעַ תּוֹרַ֥ת יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 30:9
- Isaiah 30:1"Ah, stubborn children," declares the Lord, "who carry out a plan, but not mine, and who make an alliance, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin;
- Isaiah 1:4Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the Lord, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are utterly estranged.
- Deuteronomy 31:27For I know how rebellious and stubborn you are. Behold, even today while I am yet alive with you, you have been rebellious against the Lord. How much more after my death!
- Deuteronomy 32:20And he said, 'I will hide my face from them; I will see what their end will be, for they are a perverse generation, children in whom is no faithfulness.
- Jeremiah 44:2"Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: You have seen all the disaster that I brought upon Jerusalem and upon all the cities of Judah. Behold, this day they are a desolation, and no one dwells in them,
- Zephaniah 3:2She listens to no voice; she accepts no correction. She does not trust in the Lord; she does not draw near to her God.
- Matthew 23:31Thus you witness against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.
- Acts 7:51"You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you.
- Isaiah 59:3For your hands are defiled with blood and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies; your tongue mutters wickedness.
- Isaiah 63:8For he said, "Surely they are my people, children who will not deal falsely." And he became their Savior.
- Jeremiah 9:3They bend their tongue like a bow; falsehood and not truth has grown strong in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, declares the Lord.
- Hosea 4:2there is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
- Revelation 21:8But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death."
- Revelation 22:15Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
- 2 Chronicles 33:10The Lord spoke to Manasseh and to his people, but they paid no attention.
- 2 Chronicles 36:15The Lord, the God of their fathers, sent persistently to them by his messengers, because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place.
Commentaries on Isaiah 30:9
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9That this is a rebellious people - (see the note at Isaiah 1:2). Lying children - They had promised in solemn covenant to take Yahweh as their God, but they had been unfaithful to their vows.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-18Verses 8-18 The Jews were the only professing people God then had in the world, yet many among them were rebellious. They had the light, but they loved darkness rather. The prophets checked them in their sinful pursuits, so that they could not proceed without fear; this they took amiss. But faithful ministers will not be driven from seeking to awaken sinners. God is the Holy One of Israel, and so they shall find him. They did not like to hear of his holy…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-11God instructed the prophet to write down the vision for future generations. The present generation was rebellious. They chose false prophets' fantasies over God's word (see Isaiah 8:16–17).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. lying--unfaithful to Jehovah, whose covenant they had taken on them as His adopted children (Is 59:13; Pr 30:9).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 30
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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