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

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"So when they advise you, "Ask the mediums your questions, and quiz the spiritists who chirp and mutter,' shouldn't a people instead be consulting their God and not the dead on behalf of those who are living

"How terrible it will be for you who go to great depths to hide your plans from the LORD, you whose deeds have been done in the dark, and who say, "Who can see us? Who has recognized us?'

So Saul died for his transgressions; that is, he acted unfaithfully to the LORD by transgressing the message from the LORD (which he did not keep), by consulting a medium for advice,

They will eat, but will not be satisfied. They will engage in prostitution, but they won't increase, because they have stopped listening to the LORD.

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Then the LORD will create over the entire site of Mount Zion including over those who assemble there a cloud by day

Each one will be like a shelter from the wind and a hiding place from storms, like streams of water in the desert, in the shadow of a great rock in an exhausted land.

Let me make my home in your tent forever; let me hide under the shelter of your wings. Interlude

The one who lives in the shelter of the Most High, who rests in the shadow of the Almighty,

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"Why will you still be struck down? Why will you continue to rebel? Your whole head is sick, and your whole heart is faint.

"How terrible it will be for those who parade iniquity with cords of falsehood, who draw sin along as with a cart rope;

And now, look! You're acting just like your ancestors, like a brood of sinful men, who are provoking the fierce anger of the LORD against the Israelis one step at a time.

but now they are sinning more and more, crafting idols from melted silver. Their idols are made with the most exacting skill, all of it the work of craftsmen. People say about them, "They offer human sacrifice, and kiss calf-shaped idols.'

But because of your stubborn and unrepentant heart you are reserving wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.

But evil people and impostors will go from bad to worse as they deceive others and are themselves deceived.

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A bad tooth and an unsteady foot that's what confidence in an unreliable man is like in a time of trouble.

Then he told me, "Son of Man, these men are plotting evil and are giving wicked advice in this city.