Isaiah 30:9

9 That this [is] a rebellious people, lying children, children [that] will not hear the law of the LORD:

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 the Egyptian shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength [is] to sit still.

8 Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:

9 That this [is] a rebellious people, lying children, children [that] will not hear the law of the LORD:

10 Who say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not to us right things, speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits:

11 Withdraw from the way, turn aside from the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.