Isaiah 30 · Verse 10

Isaiah 30:10

Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
Isaiah 30:10, King James Version

Isaiah 30:10 in other translations

BSBThey say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions.
WEBwho tell the seers, “Don’t see!” and the prophets, “Don’t prophesy to us right things. Tell us pleasant things. Prophesy deceits.
ASVthat say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits,
YLTWho have said to seers, ‘Ye do not see,' And to prophets, ‘Ye do not prophesy to us Straightforward things, Speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits,
DARBYwho say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things; speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits;
BBEWho say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Do not give us word of what is true, but say false things to give us pleasure:
WebsterWho say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not to us right things, speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits:

What does Isaiah 30:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. (Mi 2:6, 11; 3:5). See not--as you now do, foretelling misfortune. Prophesy not ... right things--Not that they avowedly requested this, but their conduct virtually expressed it. No man, professedly, wished to be deceived; but many seek a kind of teaching which is deceit; and which, if they would examine, they might know to be such (1Ki 22:13). The Jews desired success to be foretold as the issue of their league with Egypt, though ill had been announced by God's prophet as the result; this constituted the "deceits."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 30:8-18

The Jews were the only professing people God then had in the world, yet many among them were rebellious. They had the light, but they loved darkness rather. The prophets checked them in their sinful pursuits, so that they could not proceed without fear; this they took amiss. But faithful ministers will not be driven from seeking to awaken sinners. God is the Holy One of Israel, and so they shall find him. They did…

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Isaiah 30:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhoH834
אָמְר֤וּ'a.me.Ruthey have saidH559
לָֽרֹאִים֙la.ro.'Imto the seersH7203
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
תִרְא֔וּtir.'Uyou must seeH7200
וְלַ֣חֹזִ֔יםve.La.cho.Zimand to the seersH2374
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
תֶחֱזוּ\־te.che.zu-you must seeH2372
לָ֖נוּLa.nufor us
נְכֹח֑וֹתne.kho.Chotstraightforwardness<es>H5229
דַּבְּרוּ\־da.be.ru-speakH1696
לָ֣נוּLa.nuto us
חֲלָק֔וֹתcha.la.Kotflattering [words]H2513
חֲז֖וּcha.ZuseeH2372
מַהֲתַלּֽוֹת\׃ma.ha.ta.Lotdeception<s>H4123

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Cross references for Isaiah 30:10

  • Romans 16:18

    For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.

  • Ezekiel 13:7-10

    Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The Lord saith it; albeit I have not spoken? Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord God. And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord God. Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered morter:

  • Amos 7:13

    But prophesy not again any more at Beth–el: for it is the king’s chapel, and it is the king’s court.

  • Jeremiah 11:21

    Therefore thus saith the Lord of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the Lord, that thou die not by our hand:

  • Amos 2:12

    But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

  • Jeremiah 23:26-29

    How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart; Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal. The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the Lord. Is not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?

  • Jeremiah 23:17

    They say still unto them that despise me, The Lord hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.

  • Revelation 11:7

    And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.

  • 1 Kings 21:20

    And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the Lord.

  • John 7:7

    The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.

  • Micah 2:6

    Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.

  • 1 Kings 22:27

    And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
say.
1Ki 21:20; 2Ch 16:10; 18:7-27; 24:19-21; 25:16; Jer 5:31; 11:21
Jer 26:11,20-23; 29:27; 38:4; Am 2:12; 7:13; Mic 2:6; Ac 4:17; 5:28
1Th 2:15,16; Re 11:7
speak.
1Ki 22:8-13,27; Jer 6:13,14; 8:10,11; 23:17,26-29; Eze 13:7-10
Eze 13:18-22; Mic 2:11; Joh 7:7; 8:45; Ro 16:18; Ga 4:16

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Context

  • Isaiah 30:9

    That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord:

  • Isaiah 30:10

    Which say 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 you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.

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Isaiah 30:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Que dicen á los videntes: No veáis; y á los profetas: No nos profeticéis lo recto, decidnos cosas halagüeñas, profetizad mentiras;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		qui disent aux voyants: Ne voyez pas, et à ceux qui ont des visions: N’ayez pas pour nous des visions de droiture; dites-nous des choses douces, voyez des tromperies;
German
Elberfelder 1871		die zu den Sehern sprechen: Sehet nicht! und zu den Schauern: Schauet uns nicht das Richtige, saget uns Schmeicheleien, schauet uns Täuschungen!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		qui dicunt videntibus: Nolite videre, et aspicientibus: Nolite aspicere nobis ea quæ recta sunt; loquimini nobis placentia: videte nobis errores.