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Isaiah 30 Summary
Rebellious Children and the Path of Returning Rest
Woe to the rebellious children who take counsel but not of the Lord, seeking strength in Egypt rather than the Holy One. Their trust in Pharaoh shall be their shame and confusion. The Lord records them as a rebellious, lying people who refuse to hear His law and demand false prophecy. Yet through judgment, in returning and rest they shall be saved, and in quietness and confidence shall be their strength. The Lord waits to be gracious, and His people shall dwell in Zion, their teachers visible and their ears hearing guidance.
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Isaiah 30:1-2
“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: That walk 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 30:15
“For thus saith the Lord GOD, the 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 30:18-20
“And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will 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. For the people shall dwell 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. And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:”
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