Isaiah 30:1

Woe to you, apostate children, saith the Lord, that you would take counsel, and not of me: and would begin a web, and not by my spirit, that you might add sin upon sill:

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

2Who walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth, hoping for help in the strength of Pharao, and trusting in the shadow of Egypt.

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Cross References

Numbers 32:14And behold, said he, you are risen up instead of your fathers, the increase and offspring of sinful men, to augment the fury of the Lord against Israel.

Deuteronomy 9:24But were always rebellious from the day that I began to know you.

Joshua 9:14They took therefore of their victuals, and consulted not the mouth of the Lord.

2 Kings 18:24And how can you stand against one lord of the least of my master's servants? Dost thou trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

Psalms 61:4for thou hast been my hope; a tower of strength against the face of the enemy.

Isaiah 1:2Hear, O ye heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the Lord hath spoken. I have brought up children, and exalted them: but they have despised me.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 30:1

The prophecy of this chapter seems to relate (as that in the foregoing chapter) to the approaching danger of Jerusalem and desolations of Judah by Sennacherib's invasion. Here is, I. A just reproof to those who, in that distress, trusted to the Egyptians for help, and were all in a hurry to fetch succours from Egypt, ver. 1-7 . II. A terrible threatening against those who slighted the good advice which God by his prophets gave them for the repose of their minds in that distress, assuring them that whatever became… Read the whole commentary →

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