Jesaja 30:1

1 Wehe den widerspenstigen Kindern, spricht Jehova, welche Pläne ausführen, aber nicht von mir aus, und Bündnisse schließen, aber nicht nach meinem Geiste, um Sünde auf Sünde zu häufen;

Jesaja 30:1 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 30:1

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.

Jesaja 30:1 In-Context

1 Wehe den widerspenstigen Kindern, spricht Jehova, welche Pläne ausführen, aber nicht von mir aus, und Bündnisse schließen, aber nicht nach meinem Geiste, um Sünde auf Sünde zu häufen;

2 die hingehen, um nach Ägypten hinabzuziehen, aber meinen Mund haben sie nicht befragt, um sich zu flüchten unter den Schutz des Pharao und Zuflucht zu suchen unter dem Schatten Ägyptens!

3 Und der Schutz des Pharao wird euch zur Schmach werden, und die Zuflucht unter dem Schatten Ägyptens zur Schande.

4 Denn seine Fürsten waren in Zoan, und seine Gesandten langten in Hanes an.

5 Alle werden beschämt werden über ein Volk, das ihnen nichts nützt, das nicht zur Hilfe und nicht zum Nutzen, sondern zur Beschämung und auch zum Hohne wird. -