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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When they tell you, "Consult with those who have familiar spirits and with the wizards, who chirp and who mutter:" shouldn't a people consult with their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?

Woe to those who deeply hide their counsel from Yahweh, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, "Who sees us?" and "Who knows us?"

So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against Yahweh, because of the word of Yahweh, which he didn't keep; and also because he asked counsel of one who had a familiar spirit, to inquire [thereby],

They will eat, and not have enough. They will play the prostitute, and will not increase; because they have abandoned giving to Yahweh.

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Yahweh will create over the whole habitation of Mount Zion, and over her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory will be a canopy.

A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the storm, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a large rock in a weary land.

I will dwell in your tent forever. I will take refuge in the shelter of your wings. Selah.

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

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Why should you be beaten more, that you revolt more and more? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and wickedness as with cart rope;

"Behold, you have risen up in your fathers' place, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of Yahweh toward Israel.

Now they sin more and more, and have made themselves molten images of their silver, even idols according to their own understanding, all of them the work of the craftsmen. They say of them, 'They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves.'

But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath, revelation, and of the righteous judgment of God;

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

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Confidence in someone unfaithful in time of trouble is like a bad tooth, or a lame foot.

He said to me, Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity, and who give wicked counsel in this city;