Isaiah 30:10
Which say to the seers, See not; 1 and to the prophets, 1 Prophesy not unto us nekhochot (right things), 1 speak unto us chalakot (smooth things), 1 prophesy machatallot (deceits, illusions); 1
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1 Kings 21:20And Ach'av said to Eliyahu, Hast thou found me, O mine oyev? And he answered, I have found thee; because thou hast sold thyself to work rah in front of the eyes of Hashem.
1 Kings 22:13And the malach that was gone to summon Mikhay'hu spoke unto him, saying, Hinei now, the words of the nevi'im declare tov unto HaMelech with one mouth: let thy word be like the word of one of them, speak that which is tov.
2 Chronicles 16:10Then Asa was wroth with the ro'eh, put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of HaAm at the same time.
2 Chronicles 24:19Yet He sent Nevi'im to them, to bring them back unto Hashem; and they testified against them; but they would not give ear.
Job 41:3Mi (who) hath given Me, that I must repay him? 1 Whatsoever is under the kol HaShomayim is Mine. 1
Jeremiah 5:31The nevi'im prophesy falsely, 1 and the kohanim rule at their direction; 1 and My people love to have it this way; 1 but what will ye do in the end?
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 30:9-18
Doom of Incorrigible Sinners. ( b. c. 720.) 8 Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever: 9 That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord : 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: 11 Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us. 12… Read the whole commentary →