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. 30:10 Amos 2:12; [Amos 7:12, 13]
• 2. 30:10 See 1 Sam. 9:9
• 3. 30:10 [1 Kgs. 22:13]; See Jer. 28:1-11; Ezek. 13:8-16