Isaiah 30:10

10 ¹who say to ²the seers, "Do not see," and to the prophets, "Do not prophesy to us what is right; speak to us ³smooth things, prophesy illusions,

Isaiah 30:10 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 30:10

Which say to the seers, See not
The same with the prophets in the next clause, which explains this: and to the Prophets, prophesy not unto us right things;
things agreeable to the mind and will of God, and which ought to be done; not that they, in so many words, said this, but this was the language of their hearts and actions. The Targum is,

``who say to the prophets, prophesy not, and to the teachers, teach us not the doctrine of the law:''

speak unto us smooth things;
that peace and prosperity should attend them, though they went on in their sinful courses: prophesy deceits;
for to prophesy peace to them, when destruction was at hand, was to deceive them; and yet they chose rather to be told the one than the other.

Isaiah 30:10 In-Context

8 And now, go, write it before them on a tablet and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come as a witness forever.

9 For they are a rebellious people, lying children, children unwilling to hear the instruction of the LORD;

10 who say to the seers, "Do not see," and to the prophets, "Do not prophesy to us what is right; speak to us smooth things, prophesy illusions,

11 leave the way, turn aside from the path, let us hear no more about the Holy One of Israel."

12 Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel, "Because you despise this word and trust in oppression and perverseness and rely on them,

Cross References

• 1. Amos 2:12; [Amos 7:12, 13]
• 2. See 1 Samuel 9:9
• 3. [1 Kings 22:13]; See Jeremiah 28:1-11; Ezekiel 13:8-16