Isaías 30:1

1 La alianza inútil entre Judá y Egipto
»Qué aflicción les espera a mis hijos rebeldes
—dice el Señor
—.
Ustedes hacen planes contrarios a los míos;
hacen alianzas que no son dirigidas por mi Espíritu,
y de esa forma aumentan sus pecados.

Isaías 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.

Isaías 30:1 In-Context

1 La alianza inútil entre Judá y Egipto
»Qué aflicción les espera a mis hijos rebeldes
—dice el Señor
—.
Ustedes hacen planes contrarios a los míos;
hacen alianzas que no son dirigidas por mi Espíritu,
y de esa forma aumentan sus pecados.

2 Pues sin consultarme,
bajaron a Egipto en busca de ayuda;
pusieron su confianza en la protección del faraón
y trataron de esconderse bajo su sombra.

3 Pero por confiar en el faraón serán humillados,
y por depender de él, serán avergonzados.

4 Pues, aunque el poder del faraón se extiende hasta Zoán,
y sus funcionarios han llegado a Hanes,

5 todos los que confíen en él serán avergonzados.
Él no los ayudará;
todo lo contrario, los avergonzará».