King James Version
Isaiah 30:9 in the King James Version says “That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD:” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 30 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD:”
Isaiah 30:9 · KJV
For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still. concerning: or, to her
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“That this is a rebellious”
H4805bitterness, i.e., (figuratively) rebellion; concretely, bitter, or rebellious
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“not hear”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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