Isaiah 30:21

and your ears shall hear the words of them that went after you to lead you astray, who say, This is the way, let us walk in it, whether to the right or to the left.

LXX2012 (British)

In The King James Version

And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

In Context

20And though the Lord shall give you the bread of affliction and scant water, yet they that cause you to err shall no more at all draw near to you; for your eyes shall see those that cause you to err,

22And you shall pollute the plated idols, and you shall grind to powder the gilt ones, and shall scatter them as the water of a removed woman, and you shall thrust them forth as dung.

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Cross References

Joshua 1:7Be strong, therefore, and quit yourself like a man, to observe and do as Moses my servant commanded you; and you shall not turn + 1:7 Gr. from them, sc. the commands. therefrom to the right hand or to the left, that you may be wise in whatever you may do.

1 Samuel 12:23And far be it from me to sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you: but I will serve the Lord, and show you the good and the right way.

Psalms 25:8O Lord, I have loved the beauty of your house, and the place of the tabernacle of your glory. 1

Psalms 143:8whose mouth has spoken vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of iniquity. 1

Proverbs 4:27Turn not aside to the right hand nor to the left, but turn away your foot from an evil way: + 4:27 Heb. omits. for God knows the ways on the right hand, but those on the left are crooked: and he will make your ways straight, and will guide your steps in peace.

Isaiah 35:8There shall be there a pure way, and it shall be called a holy way; and there shall not pass by there any unclean person, neither shall there be there an unclean way; but the dispersed shall walk on it, and they shall not go astray.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 30:19-27

Promises. ( b. c. 720.) 18 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. 19 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. 20 And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not… Read the whole commentary →

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