Isaiah 30:9

9 For it [is] a people of rebellion, deceitful children, children [who are] not willing to hear the instruction of Yahweh,

Isaiah 30:9 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 30:9

That this [is] a rebellious people
This, with what follows, is what the Lord would have written and engrossed, and remain for ever; or this is a reason why he would have it, for so the words be rendered, "for", or "because, this [is] a rebellious people ^F12"; rebellious against God and his commands; they are called "rebellious children" before, ( Isaiah 30:1 ) and, as it follows, lying children;
false spurious ones, only called, not truly, the children of God, and lied when they called themselves so, and were guilty of lying also, not only to God, but to one another: children [that] will not hear the law of the Lord;
either read, or explained, at least, not so as to be obedient to it; and such must be rebellious ones, and deserve not to be called the children of God. The Targum is,

``children that like not to receive the doctrine of the law of the Lord.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 (Me yk) "nam populus", Forerius, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius; "quia", Pagninus, Montanus.

Isaiah 30:9 In-Context

7 For {Egyptians} help [with] vanity and emptiness, therefore I have called this one "Rahab, they [are] sitting."

8 Now go, write it on a tablet with them, and inscribe it on a scroll, {that} it may be {for the time to come}, forever, forever.

9 For it [is] a people of rebellion, deceitful children, children [who are] not willing to hear the instruction of Yahweh,

10 who say to those who do see, "You must not see!" and to the seers, "You must not see truth for us; speak smooth things to us, see illusions,

11 turn aside from [the] way, turn aside from [the] path, put an end to the holy one of Israel from our face."