Isaiah 30 · Verse 12

Isaiah 30:12

Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:
Isaiah 30:12, King James Version

Isaiah 30:12 in other translations

BSBTherefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “Because you have rejected this message, trusting in oppression and relying on deceit,
WEBTherefore the Holy One of Israel says, “Because you despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and rely on it,
ASVWherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and rely thereon;
YLTTherefore, thus said the Holy One of Israel, Because of your kicking against this word, And ye trust in oppression, And perverseness, and rely on it,
DARBYTherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel: Because ye reject this word, and confide in oppression and wilfulness, and depend thereon,
BBEFor this cause the Holy One of Israel says, Because you will not give ear to this word, and are looking for help in ways of deceit and evil, and are putting your hope in them:
WebsterWherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and lean upon it:

What does Isaiah 30:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
12. Holy One--Isaiah so little yields to their wicked prejudices that he repeats the very name and truth which they disliked. this word--Isaiah's exhortation to reliance on Jehovah. oppression--whereby they levied the treasures to be sent to conciliate Egypt (Is 30:6). perverseness--in relying on Egypt, rather than on Jehovah.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 12 In oppression "In obliquity" - בעקש beakesh, transposing the two last letters of בעשק beoshek, in oppression, which seems not to belong to this place: a very probable conjecture of Houbigant.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · 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 30:12 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.

לָכֵ֗ןla.Khen<to> thereforeH3651
כֹּ֤הkohthusH3541
אָמַר֙'a.Marhe saysH559
קְד֣וֹשׁke.Do.osh[the] holy [one] ofH6918
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
יַ֥עַןYa.'anbecauseH3282
מָֽאָסְכֶ֖םma.'a.se.Khemhave rejected youH3988
בַּדָּבָ֣רba.da.Var<in> the wordH1697
הַזֶּ֑הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088
וַֽתִּבְטְחוּ֙va.tiv.te.Chuand you have trustedH982
בְּעֹ֣שֶׁקbe.'O.shekin oppressionH6233
וְנָל֔וֹזve.na.Lozand a crooked [thing]H3868
וַתִּֽשָּׁעֲנ֖וּva.ti.sha.'a.Nuand you have dependedH8172
עָלָֽיו\׃'a.Lavon itH5921

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Cross references for Isaiah 30:12

  • Isaiah 31:1-3

    Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the Lord! Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity. Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the Lord shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:8

    He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.

  • Isaiah 5:24

    Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

  • Amos 2:4

    Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the Lord, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:

  • Isaiah 47:10

    For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me.

  • Luke 10:16

    He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.

  • Jeremiah 13:25

    This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the Lord; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.

  • Isaiah 5:7

    For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.

  • Isaiah 30:15-17

    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. But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift. One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.

  • Isaiah 30:1

    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:

  • Isaiah 30:7

    For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.

  • Psalms 52:7

    Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Because.
1,7,15-17; 5:24; 31:1-3; 2Sa 12:9,10; Am 2:4; Lu 10:16; 1Th 4:8
and trust.
28:15; 47:10; Ps 52:7; 62:10; Jer 13:25
oppression. or, fraud.

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Context

  • 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.

  • Isaiah 30:12

    Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:

  • Isaiah 30:13

    Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.

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Isaiah 30:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Por tanto el Santo de Israel dice así: Porque desechasteis esta palabra, y confiasteis en violencia y en iniquidad, y en ello os habéis apoyado;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
C’est pourquoi, ainsi dit le Saint d’Israël: Parce que vous rejetez cette parole, et que vous vous confiez dans l’oppression et dans la perversité, et que vous vous appuyez dessus,
German
Elberfelder 1871
Darum, so spricht der Heilige Israels: Weil ihr dieses Wort verwerfet und auf Bedrückung und Verdrehung vertrauet und euch darauf stützet,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Propterea hæc dicit Sanctus Israël: Pro eo quod reprobastis verbum hoc, et sperastis in calumnia et in tumultu, et innixi estis super eo;