Isaiah 30:10
Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
KJV
qui dicunt videntibus : Nolite videre, et aspicientibus : Nolite aspicere nobis ea quæ recta sunt ; loquimini nobis placentia : videte nobis errores.
Vulgate
οἱ λέγοντες τοῖς προφήταις Μὴ ἀναγγέλλετε ἡμῖν, καὶ τοῖς τὰ ὁράματα ὁρῶσιν Μὴ λαλεῖτε ἡμῖν, ἀλλὰ ἡμῖν λαλεῖτε καὶ ἀναγγέλλετε ἡμῖν ἑτέραν πλάνησιν,
LXX
that say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits,
ASV
אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָמְר֤וּ לָֽ/רֹאִים֙ לֹ֣א תִרְא֔וּ וְ/לַ֣/חֹזִ֔ים לֹ֥א תֶחֱזוּ לָ֖/נוּ נְכֹח֑וֹת דַּבְּרוּ לָ֣/נוּ חֲלָק֔וֹת חֲז֖וּ מַהֲתַלּֽוֹת
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Themes
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1John 4:5 — They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
- 1Kgs 21:20 — And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.
- 1Kgs 22:8 — And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil.
- 1Kgs 22:27 — And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
- 1Sam 9:9 — (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)
- 1Thess 2:15 — Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:
- 2Chr 18:7 — And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the s
- 2Chr 33:18 — Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the LORD God of Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the kings
- 2Tim 3:7 — Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
- Amos 2:12 — But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
- Amos 2:12 — But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
- Amos 7:12 — Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:
- Amos 7:13 — But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it is the king’s chapel, and it is the king’s court.
- Ezek 13:7 — Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith it; albeit I have not spoken?
- Ezek 22:28 — And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken.
- Isa 28:9 — Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
- Isa 28:15 — Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refug
- Isa 29:10 — For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.
- Jer 8:5 — Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
- Jer 11:21 — Therefore thus saith the LORD of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that thou die not by our hand:
- Jer 11:21 — Therefore thus saith the LORD of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that thou die not by our hand:
- Jer 14:14 — Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a
- Jer 23:17 — They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.
- Jer 23:26 — How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart;
- Jer 23:31 — Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.
- Jer 36:29 — And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this
- John 7:7 — The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
- Luke 6:26 — Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.
- Mic 2:6 — Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.
- Mic 2:6 — Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.
- Mic 2:11 — If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.
- Prov 15:14 — The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
- Prov 17:4 — A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
- Rev 11:7 — And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
- Rom 16:18 — For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
- Rom 16:18 — For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.