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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People will say to you: Ask for help from the mediums and the fortunetellers, who whisper and mutter. Should people ask their God for help instead? Why should they ask the dead to help the living?

You are in for trouble, if you try to hide your plans from Jehovah! You think what you do in the dark cannot be seen. So you ask: Who sees us, who knows us?

Saul died because of his unfaithfulness to Jehovah. He did not obey the word of Jehovah (YHWH). He asked a medium to request information from a dead person.

They will eat, and not have enough! They will play the harlot, and will not increase! They do not listen to Jehovah.

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Then Jehovah will create over the entire area of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud by day, even smoke, and the brightness of a flaming fire by night. A canopy (shelter) will be over all as the glory (honor).

Each of them will be like a shelter from the wind and a place to hide from storms. They will be like streams flowing in a desert, like the shadow of a giant rock in a barren land.

Let me live in your sanctuary all my life. Let me find safety under your wings.

He who lives under the shelter of the Most High will remain in the shadow of the Almighty.

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Why do you still want to be beaten? Why do you continue to rebel? Your whole head is infected. Your whole heart is sick.

Woe to those who scatter sin with cords of falsehood and iniquity with a cart rope!

You are just like your parents! You are a bunch of sinners trying to make Jehovah angry at Israel again.

They sin more and more. They make idols from silver for themselves. These idols are skillfully made. All of them are the work of craftsmen. People say this about the Israelites: They offer sacrifices and kiss calf-shaped idols.

Thanks to your stubborn and unrepentant heart, you store up wrath for yourself, in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God.

But evil men and impostors will become worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.

General references

Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

Jehovah said to me: Son of man, these are the men who plan evil and give bad advice in this city (Jerusalem).