Isaiah 30:10
8 Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the days to come, a witness forever and ever.
9 These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction.
They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions.
11 Get out of the way; turn off the road. Rid us of the Holy One of Israel!”
12 Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “Because you have rejected this message, trusting in oppression and relying on deceit,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions.
- KJV
- Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
- WEB
- who tell the seers, “Don’t see!” and the prophets, “Don’t prophesy to us right things. Tell us pleasant things. Prophesy deceits.
- ASV
- that say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits,
- DARBY
- who say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things; speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits;
- BLB
- who say to the seers, “Do not see,” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth; speak to us smooth things; prophesy illusions.
- ÅB
- som sier til seerne: Dere skal ikke se, og til profetene: Dere skal ikke skue for oss det som rett er; tal smigrende ord til oss, sku synkvervinger,
- OTB
- De sier til seerne, "Se ikke flere syner!" og til profetene, "Profeter ikke sannheten for oss. Tal til oss behagelige ting, profeter illusjoner.
- B1930
- som sier til seerne: I skal ikke se, og til profetene: I skal ikke skue for oss det som rett er; tal smigrende ord til oss, sku synkvervinger,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 16:18
For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
Read in contextEzekiel 13:7–10
Haven’t you seen a false vision and spoken a lying divination when you proclaim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ even though I have not spoken?
Read in contextAmos 7:13
But never prophesy at Bethel again, because it is the sanctuary of the king and the temple of the kingdom.”
Read in contextJeremiah 11:21
Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning the people of Anathoth who are seeking your life and saying, “You must not prophesy in the name of the LORD, or you will die by our hand.”
Read in contextAmos 2:12
“But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.
Read in contextJeremiah 23:26–29
How long will this continue in the hearts of these prophets who prophesy falsehood, these prophets of the delusion of their own minds?
Read in contextJeremiah 23:17
They keep saying to those who despise Me, ‘The LORD says that you will have peace,’ and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart, ‘No harm will come to you.’
Read in contextRevelation 11:7
When the two witnesses have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will wage war with them, and will overpower and kill them.
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