Isaiah 30:9 “These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to…”

Isaiah 30:9

These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

For it is a rebellious people, lying children, children who will not hear the LORD’s law;

American Standard Version

For it is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of Jehovah;

Geneva Bible 1599

That it is a rebellious people, lying children, and children that would not heare the law of the Lord.

Darby Translation

that this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of Jehovah;

Young's Literal Translation

That a rebellious people [is] this, sons — liars, Sons not willing to hear the law of Jehovah.

Bible in Basic English

For they are an uncontrolled people, false-hearted, who will not give ear to the teaching of the Lord:

.mt-body { max-height: none !important; -webkit-mask-image: none !important; mask-image: none !important; } .mt-bar { display: none !important; } .o-trans::after { display: block !important; }

Cross references

“this is”

Isaiah 30:1 Acts 7:51 Isaiah 1:4 Zephaniah 3:2 Deuteronomy 31:27–29 Deuteronomy 32:20

Isaiah 30:1 · BSB

“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin.

Acts 7:51 · BSB

You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.

Isaiah 1:4 · BSB

Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.

Zephaniah 3:2 · BSB

She heeded no voice; she accepted no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she has not drawn near to her God.

Deuteronomy 31:27–29 · BSB

For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are already rebelling against the LORD while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after my death!

Deuteronomy 32:20 · BSB

He said: “I will hide My face from them; I will see what will be their end. For they are a perverse generation— children of unfaithfulness.

“lying”

Revelation 21:8 Isaiah 63:8 Jeremiah 9:3 Revelation 22:15 Hosea 4:2 Isaiah 59:3

Revelation 21:8 · BSB

But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”

Isaiah 63:8 · BSB

For He said, “They are surely My people, sons who will not be disloyal.” So He became their Savior.

Jeremiah 9:3 · BSB

“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.

Revelation 22:15 · BSB

But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

Hosea 4:2 · BSB

Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.

Isaiah 59:3 · BSB

For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.

“will not”

Proverbs 28:9 Zechariah 1:4–6 2 Chronicles 33:10 Jeremiah 7:13 Romans 2:21–23 2 Chronicles 36:15

Proverbs 28:9 · BSB

Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable.

Zechariah 1:4–6 · BSB

Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Turn now from your evil ways and deeds.’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me, declares the LORD.

2 Chronicles 33:10 · BSB

And the LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they did not listen.

Jeremiah 7:13 · BSB

And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and because I have spoken to you again and again but you would not listen, and I have called to you but you would not answer,

Romans 2:21–23 · BSB

you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?

2 Chronicles 36:15 · BSB

Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place.

Also

Isaiah 1:10 Isaiah 28:15

Isaiah 1:10 · BSB

Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!

Isaiah 28:15 · BSB

For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hidi…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the days to come, a witness forever and ever.

10They 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.

Read Isaiah 30