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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They will say to you, "Seek oracles at the pits used to conjure up underworld spirits, from the magicians who chirp and mutter incantations. Should people not seek oracles from their gods, by asking the dead about the destiny of the living?"

Those who try to hide their plans from the Lord are as good as dead, who do their work in secret and boast, "Who sees us? Who knows what we're doing?"

So Saul died because he was unfaithful to the Lord and did not obey the Lord's instructions; he even tried to conjure up underworld spirits.

They will eat, but not be satisfied; they will engage in prostitution, but not increase in numbers; because they have abandoned the Lord by pursuing other gods.

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Then the Lord will create over all of Mount Zion and over its convocations a cloud and smoke by day and a bright flame of fire by night; indeed a canopy will accompany the Lord's glorious presence.

Each of them will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from a rainstorm; like streams of water in a dry region and like the shade of a large cliff in a parched land.

I will be a permanent guest in your home; I will find shelter in the protection of your wings. (Selah)

As for you, the one who lives in the shelter of the sovereign One, and resides in the protective shadow of the mighty king --

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Why do you insist on being battered? Why do you continue to rebel? Your head has a massive wound, your whole body is weak.

Those who pull evil along using cords of emptiness are as good as dead, who pull sin as with cart ropes.

Now look, you are standing in your fathers' place, a brood of sinners, to increase still further the fierce wrath of the Lord against the Israelites.

Even now they persist in sin! They make metal images for themselves, idols that they skillfully fashion from their own silver; all of them are nothing but the work of craftsmen! There is a saying about them: "Those who sacrifice to the calf idol are calf kissers!"

But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourselves in the day of wrath, when God's righteous judgment is revealed!

But evil people and charlatans will go from bad to worse, deceiving others and being deceived themselves.

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Like a bad tooth or a foot out of joint, so is confidence in an unfaithful person at the time of trouble.

The Lord said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked advice in this city.