📖 Isaiah — Chapter 30 (KJV)
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Isaiah 30:1 Woe to Rthe 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:
Isaiah 30:2 That Rwalk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
Isaiah 30:3 Therefore shall Rthe strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
Isaiah 30:4 For Rhis princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.
Isaiah 30:5 They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.
Isaiah 30:6 The Rburden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.
Isaiah 30:7 For Rthe Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried Tconcerning this, Their strength is to sit still.
Isaiah 30:8 Now go, Rwrite it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for Tthe time to come for ever and ever:
Isaiah 30:9 That Rthis is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD:
Isaiah 30:10 Which Rsay to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
Isaiah 30:11 Get Ryou out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
Isaiah 30:12 Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, RBecause ye despise this word, and trust in Toppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:
Isaiah 30:13 Therefore this iniquity shall be to you Ras a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.
Isaiah 30:14 And Rhe shall break it as the breaking of Tthe potters’ vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit.
Isaiah 30:15 For thus saith the Lord GOD, Rthe Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.
Isaiah 30:16 But ye said, No; Rfor we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.
Isaiah 30:17 One Rthousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as Ta beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.
Isaiah 30:18 And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore Rwill he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
Isaiah 30:19 For the people shall Rdwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.
Isaiah 30:20 And though the Lord give you Rthe bread of adversity, and the water of Taffliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:
Isaiah 30:21 And Rthine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
Isaiah 30:22 Ye shall Rdefile also the covering of Tthy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt Tcast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.
Isaiah 30:23 Then Rshall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.
Isaiah 30:24 The Roxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat Tclean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.
Isaiah 30:25 And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every Thigh hill, rivers and streams of waters Rin the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.
Isaiah 30:26 Moreover Rthe light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
Isaiah 30:27 Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, Rburning with his anger, and the Tburden thereof is Theavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:
Isaiah 30:28 And Rhis breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.
Isaiah 30:29 RYe shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the Tmighty One of Israel.
Isaiah 30:30 And Rthe LORD shall cause This glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.
Isaiah 30:31 For through Rthe voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod.
Isaiah 30:32 And Tin Revery place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the LORD shall Tlay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight Twith it.
Isaiah 30:33 For RTophet is ordained Tof old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
📚 Study This Chapter
📖 What We’re Reading
Isaiah 30:1–11 — Egyptian protection and unwelcome truth
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Judah seeks Egypt’s shade without God’s counsel and transports wealth toward ineffective help. Requests for pleasing messages expose deliberate refusal of the Holy One’s word.
Key Truth: Receive truth rather than purchasing reassurance.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “That this is a rebellious people, lying ____ , children that will not hear the law of the …” (Isaiah 30:9)
Find it in Isaiah 30:9 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “The ____ of the beasts of the south: into the land of …” (Isaiah 30:6)
Find it in Isaiah 30:6 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “Get you out of the way, ____ aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of …” (Isaiah 30:11)
Find it in Isaiah 30:11 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Isaiah 30:12–22 — Returning, quiet trust, and patient grace
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Reliance on oppression is like a cracking wall. Returning and quietness offer strength, while the Lord waits to be gracious and teaches the restored people to reject idols.
Key Truth: Return to God in quiet trust.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “____ thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise …” (Isaiah 30:12)
Find it in Isaiah 30:12 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “One ____ shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke …” (Isaiah 30:17)
Find it in Isaiah 30:17 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “… shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of ____ , and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: …” (Isaiah 30:22)
Find it in Isaiah 30:22 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Isaiah 30:23–33 — Renewed provision and judgment on Assyria
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Rain, bread, pasture, light, song, and divine intervention describe restoration and the end of threatening power. God’s saving care is contrasted with Assyria’s judgment.
Key Truth: Let hope rest in God’s gracious action.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “… thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and ____ of the increase of the earth, and it shall be …” (Isaiah 30:23)
Find it in Isaiah 30:23 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “… the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of ____ : and there shall be a bridle in the jaws …” (Isaiah 30:28)
Find it in Isaiah 30:28 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “For ____ is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is …” (Isaiah 30:33)
Find it in Isaiah 30:33 (KJV).
Related Scripture (KJV)
Isaiah 26:3 — A trusting mind is kept in peace.
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Reflect and Apply
What uncomfortable truth needs a teachable response?
Advanced Questions and Answers
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1. What makes the children’s counsel rebellious?
2. What offered strength do the people refuse?
3. How are grace and judgment held together?
4. What remains available despite adversity and affliction?
5. What does the word behind the hearer provide?
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