Isaiah 30:1

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Summary

Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:

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General references

Proverbs 25:19

Ezekiel 11:2

Bible References

That take

And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto the necromancers and unto the soothsayers, who chirp and who mutter, say, Shall not a people seek unto their God? Will they go for the living unto the dead?

Woe unto them that hide deep, far from Jehovah, their counsel! And their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

And Saul died for his unfaithfulness which he committed against Jehovah, because of the word of Jehovah which he kept not, and also for having inquired of the spirit of Python, asking counsel of it;

and they shall eat, and not have enough; they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: for they have left off taking heed to Jehovah.

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And Jehovah will create over every dwelling-place of mount Zion, and over its convocations, a cloud by day and a smoke, and the brightness of a flame of fire by night: for over all the glory shall be a covering.

And a man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the storm; as brooks of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land.

I will sojourn in thy tent for ever; I will take refuge in the covert of thy wings. Selah.

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

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Why should ye be smitten any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as with cart-ropes!

And behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, a progeny of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of Jehovah toward Israel.

And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.

but, according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, treasurest up to thyself wrath, in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

But wicked men and juggling impostors shall advance in evil, leading and being led astray.

General references

A broken tooth, and a tottering foot, is confidence in an unfaithful man in the day of trouble.

And he said unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise iniquity, and give wicked counsel in this city: