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THE MESSAGE
Isaiah 30:1
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Woe to the rebellious children!
Woe to the rebellious children, says the LORD, who take counsel, but not of me; and who make a league, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin,
Woe to the rebellious children, saith the Lord , that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
"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;
"Woe to the rebellious children," declares the LORD, "Who execute a plan, but not Mine, And make an alliance, but not of My Spirit, In order to add sin to sin;
The Lord said, "How terrible it will be for these stubborn children. They make plans, but they don't ask me to help them. They make agreements with other nations, without asking my Spirit. They are adding more and more sins to themselves.
"Woe (judgment is coming) to the rebellious children," declares the LORD, "Who carry out a plan, but not Mine, And make an alliance [by pouring out a libation], but not of My Spirit, In order to add sin to sin;
Woe to the rebellious children, says Yahweh, who take counsel, but not of me; and who make a league, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin,
Wo to the rebellious children, sayth the Lord, that take counsell, but not of me, and couer with a couering, but not by my spirit, that they may lay sinne vpon sinne:
"Woe to the rebellious children," declares Yahweh,"Who execute counsel, but not Mine,And make an alliance, but not of My Spirit,In order to add sin to sin,
Woe to the rebellious children, declares the LORD, to those who carry out a plan, but not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin.
This is the Lord 's message for his rebellious people: "You follow your own plans instead of mine; you make treaties without asking me, and you keep on sinning.
"Woe to the rebellious children," says Adonai . "They make plans, but the plans are not mine; they develop alliances, but not from my Spirit, in order to pile sin upon sin.
Woe to the rebellious children, saith Jehovah, who take counsel, but not of me, and who make leagues, but not by my Spirit, that they may heap sin upon sin;
The Lord said, "Look at these children. They don't obey me. They make plans, but they don't ask me to help them. They make agreements with other nations, but my Spirit does not want those agreements. These people are adding more and more sins to the ones they have already done.
WOE to the rebellious children, says the LORD, who take counsel, but not of me; and who offer wine offerings, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin;
The Lord has spoken: "Those who rule Judah are doomed because they rebel against me. They follow plans that I did not make, and sign treaties against my will, piling one sin on another.
"Oh rebellious children!" declares Yahweh, "to make a plan, but not from me, and pour out a libation, but not from my Spirit, so as to add sin to sin.
Woe to rebellious sons, declares Jehovah, to make counsel, but not from Me; and to weave a covering web, but not of My Spirit, in order to add sin on sin;
Wo be to those shrenkinge children (saieth the LORDE) which seke councel, but not at me: which take a webbe in honde, but not after my will: that they maye heape one synne vpon another.
Woe to the rebellious children, saith Jehovah, that take counsel, but not of me; and that make a league, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin,
Ho! uncontrolled children, says the Lord, who give effect to a purpose which is not mine, and who make an agreement, but not by my spirit, increasing their sin:
Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of Me; and that form projects, but not of My spirit, that they may add sin to sin;
Woe to the rebellious children, sayth the Lord, that take counsell, but not of mee; and that couer with a couering, but not of my Spirit, that they may adde sinne to sinne:
Alas for those disobedient chyldren saith the Lorde, that they will take counsell and not of me, that they wyll take a secrete aduice and not out of my spirite, and therefore adde they sinne vnto sinne.
Woe to the apostate children, saith the Lord: ye have framed counsel, not by me, and covenants not by my Spirit, to add sins to sins:
Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
Wo! sones forsakeris, seith the Lord, that ye schulden make a councel, and not of me; and weue a web, and not bi my spirit, that ye schulden encreesse synne on synne.
Woe to the rebellious sons, says Yahweh, that take counsel, but not of me; and that make a league, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin,
Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not from me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
"The rebellious children are as good as dead," says the Lord , "those who make plans without consulting me, who form alliances without consulting my Spirit, and thereby compound their sin.
"Woe to the rebellious children," says the LORD, "Who take counsel, but not of Me, And who devise plans, but not of My Spirit, That they may add sin to sin;
"What sorrow awaits my rebellious children," says the Lord . "You make plans that are contrary to mine. You make alliances not directed by my Spirit, thus piling up your sins.
"It is bad for the children who will not obey!" says the Lord, "They act on a plan that is not Mine, and make an agreement that is not of My Spirit, and so add sin to sin.
Oh, rebellious children, says the Lord , who carry out a plan, but not mine; who make an alliance, but against my will, adding sin to sin;
Alas! for sons who are rebellious, Declareth Yahweh. Executing a purpose, but not from me, And pouring out a libation but not from my spirit, - That they may add sin to sin:
Woe to you, apostate children, saith the Lord, that you would take counsel, and not of me: and would begin a web, and not by my spirit, that you might add sin upon sin:
"Woe to the rebellious children," says the LORD, "who carry out a plan, but not mine; and who make a league, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin;
Wo [to] apostate sons, The affirmation of Jehovah! To do counsel, and not from Me, And to spread out a covering, and not of My spirit, So as to add sin to sin.
"Woe to the rebellious children," declares the LORD, "Who execute a plan, but not Mine, And make an alliance, but not of My Spirit, In order to add sin to sin;
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
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the rebellious: Isaiah 30:9, Isaiah 1:2, Isaiah 63:10, Isaiah 65:2, Deuteronomy 9:7, Deuteronomy 9:24, Deuteronomy 29:19, Jeremiah 4:17, Jeremiah 5:23, Ezekiel 2:3, Ezekiel 3:9, Ezekiel 3:26, Ezekiel 3:27, Ezekiel 12:2, Ezekiel 12:3, Hosea 7:13, Acts 7:51, Acts 7:52
that take: Isaiah 8:19, Isaiah 29:15, 1 Chronicles 10:13, 1 Chronicles 10:14, Hosea 4:10-12
cover: Isaiah 4:5, *marg. Isaiah 28:15, Isaiah 28:20, Isaiah 32:2, Psalms 61:4, Psalms 91:1-4
add: Isaiah 1:5, Isaiah 5:18, Numbers 32:14, Hosea 13:2, Romans 2:5, 2 Timothy 3:13
Reciprocal: Joshua 9:14 - asked not Judges 18:5 - Ask counsel 1 Kings 12:28 - took counsel 2 Kings 17:4 - king of Egypt 2 Chronicles 10:8 - he forsook Psalms 81:12 - they walked Proverbs 25:19 - General Isaiah 7:18 - fly Isaiah 10:3 - to whom Isaiah 20:6 - whither Isaiah 30:12 - Because Isaiah 31:1 - to them Isaiah 36:6 - General Isaiah 57:4 - are ye Isaiah 57:9 - thou wentest to the king Isaiah 59:6 - neither Jeremiah 2:16 - Also the Jeremiah 2:18 - what hast Jeremiah 2:36 - thou also shalt Jeremiah 12:13 - put Jeremiah 17:5 - Cursed Jeremiah 19:7 - I will make Jeremiah 22:20 - and cry Jeremiah 37:7 - Pharaoh's Jeremiah 42:19 - Go Jeremiah 44:14 - which are Lamentations 4:17 - our eyes Lamentations 5:6 - to the Egyptians Ezekiel 11:2 - General Ezekiel 17:9 - Shall it Ezekiel 17:15 - in Ezekiel 24:3 - the rebellious Ezekiel 29:16 - the confidence Hosea 7:11 - they call Hosea 11:6 - because Zephaniah 3:2 - she trusted Zechariah 4:6 - Not Ephesians 2:2 - the children
Cross-References
When God realized that Leah was unloved, he opened her womb. But Rachel was barren. Leah became pregnant and had a son. She named him Reuben (Look-It's-a-Boy!). "This is a sign," she said, "that God has seen my misery; and a sign that now my husband will love me."
When Rachel realized that she wasn't having any children for Jacob, she became jealous of her sister. She told Jacob, "Give me sons or I'll die!"
Rachel said, "Here's my maid Bilhah. Sleep with her. Let her substitute for me so I can have a child through her and build a family." So she gave him her maid Bilhah for a wife and Jacob slept with her. Bilhah became pregnant and gave Jacob a son.
One day during the wheat harvest Reuben found some mandrakes in the field and brought them home to his mother Leah. Rachel asked Leah, "Could I please have some of your son's mandrakes?"
When Jacob came home that evening from the fields, Leah was there to meet him: "Sleep with me tonight; I've bartered my son's mandrakes for a night with you." So he slept with her that night. God listened to Leah; she became pregnant and gave Jacob a fifth son. She said, "God rewarded me for giving my maid to my husband." She named him Issachar (Bartered). Leah became pregnant yet again and gave Jacob a sixth son, saying, "God has given me a great gift. This time my husband will honor me with gifts—I've given him six sons!" She named him Zebulun (Honor). Last of all she had a daughter and named her Dinah.
And then God remembered Rachel. God listened to her and opened her womb. She became pregnant and had a son. She said, "God has taken away my humiliation." She named him Joseph (Add), praying, "May God add yet another son to me."
But Moses said, "Are you jealous for me? Would that all God 's people were prophets. Would that God would put his Spirit on all of them."
"Why didn't I die at birth, my first breath out of the womb my last? Why were there arms to rock me, and breasts for me to drink from? I could be resting in peace right now, asleep forever, feeling no pain, In the company of kings and statesmen in their royal ruins, Or with princes resplendent in their gold and silver tombs. Why wasn't I stillborn and buried with all the babies who never saw light, Where the wicked no longer trouble anyone and bone-weary people get a long-deserved rest? Prisoners sleep undisturbed, never again to wake up to the bark of the guards. The small and the great are equals in that place, and slaves are free from their masters.
A sound mind makes for a robust body, but runaway emotions corrode the bones.
Then I observed all the work and ambition motivated by envy. What a waste! Smoke. And spitting into the wind.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Woe to the rebellious children, saith the Lord,.... The Jews, who were, by national adoption, and by outward profession of religion, the "children" of God, but were apostates from him, had turned their backs upon him, deviated from his law, and departed from his worship and ordinances; and therefore a woe is pronounced against them, or they are called upon to consider of their evil ways, and return, that iniquity might not be their ruin:
that take counsel, but not of me; they met and consulted together about their safety, when in danger, but did not ask counsel of the Lord; they did not consult his word, nor his prophets, nor by Urim and Thummim, as in case of war they should more especially:
and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit; they sought for a cover, a shelter, a protection from the enemy, but not from the Spirit of the Lord, in his word and prophets, who would have directed them to a more suitable and sufficient one. Kimchi understands this of their covert and secret counsels, which they laid deep, as they fancied, and sought to hide. The Targum of the former clause and this is,
"that take counsel, but not of my word; that consult a consultation, but do not ask of my prophets:''
that they may add sin to sin; the sins of consulting others, and of putting confidence in a creature, to their other sins of rebellion and apostasy: so wicked men, who are enemies in their minds, by wicked works, to God, and commit acts of hostility against him, and are in danger thereby of eternal ruin, do not consult the word and ministers of the Gospel, but flesh and blood, carnal sense and reason, and seek to cover themselves with the rags of their own righteousness, and not with the robe of Christ's righteousness, and garments of salvation, which the Spirit of God reveals and brings near; and so to their other sins they add that of trusting to their own righteousness, and not submitting to Christ's.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Wo, - (see the note at Isaiah 18:1).
To the rebellious children - To those whom he had nourished as children, and who had rebelled against him (see the note at Isaiah 1:23).
That take counsel, but not of me - They look to Egypt, and depend on a human arm.
And that cover with a covering - The idea here, according to our translation, is, that they seek protection or a covering from the impending calamity. Lowth renders this, ‘Who ratify covenants;’ supposing that the reference is to the fact that in ancient times compacts were formed by offering sacrifices, and by pouring out libations. The Hebrew, according to Lowth, means, ‘who pour out a libation.’ So the Septuagint renders it, Συνθήκας sunthēkas - ‘And thou hast made covenants.’ The Syriac renders it, ‘Who pour out libations.’ The Hebrew word נסך nâsak properly conveys the idea of pouring out, and is applied:
(1) to the act of pouring out wine as a drink offering, or as a libation to God Genesis 35:14; Exodus 30:9; 1 Chronicles 11:18; Hosea 9:4;
(2) to the act of pouring out oil, that is, to anointing kings and rulers Psalms 2:6; Daniel 11:8;
(3) to the act of pouring out melted metals, that is, to cast them Isaiah 40:19; Isaiah 44:10.
The word also may have a meaning kindred to סכך sâkak and denote “to cover,” as in Isaiah 25:7. Various derivatives from the word are rendered ‘to cover withal’ Numbers 4:7; ‘the covering’ Isaiah 28:20; ‘the web,’ that is, that which is woven for a covering Judges 16:13-14. The idea, however, which best suits the connection here is probably that suggested by Lowth, in accordance with the Septuagint, and the Syriac, and adopted by Rosenmuller, Gesenius, and others, “to make a libation;” that is, to ratify a covenant, or compact.
But not of my Spirit - It was not such as was suggested by his Spirit, and not such as he would approve.
That they may add sin to sin - They add to the sin of rebellion against God that of forming an alliance. Sins do not usually stand alone. When one is committed, it is often necessary to commit others in order to carry out and complete the plan which that contemplated.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER XXX
The Jews reproved for their reliance on Egypt, 1-7.
Threatened for their obstinate adherence to this alliance,
8-17.
Images the most elegant and lofty, by which the intense
gloriousness of Messiah's reign at the period when all Israel
shall be added to the Church is beautifully set forth, 18-26.
Dreadful fall of Sennacherib's army, an event most manifestly
typical of the terrible and sudden overthrow of Antichrist; as,
unless this typical reference be admitted, no possible
connexion can be imagined between the stupendous events which
took place in Hezekiah's reign, and the very remote and
inconceivably more glorious displays of Divine vengeance and
mercy in the days of the Messiah, 27-33.
NOTES ON CHAP. XXX
Verse Isaiah 30:1. And that cover with a covering - "Who ratify covenants"] Heb. "Who pour out a libation." Sacrifice and libation were ceremonies constantly used, in ancient times by most nations in the ratifying of covenants: a libation therefore is used for a covenant, as in Greek the word σπονδη, for the same reason, stands for both. This seems to be the most easy explication of the Hebrew phrase, and it has the authority of the Septuagint, εποιησατε συνθηκας.
