King James Version
Isaiah 30:10 in the King James Version says “Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, pr...” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 30 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:”
Isaiah 30:10 · KJV
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: the: Heb. the latter day
That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD:
Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon: oppression: or, fraud
KJV Study — Public Domain
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“See”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“See”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
“not and to the prophets”
H2374a beholder in vision; also a compact (as looked upon with approval)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“Prophesy”
H2372to gaze at; mentally to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure); specifically, to have a vision of
“not unto us right things”
H5229properly, straightforwardness, i.e., (figuratively) integrity, or (concretely) a truth
“speak”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
“Prophesy”
H2372to gaze at; mentally to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure); specifically, to have a vision of
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