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Isaiah 30:9
These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet records God’s declaration to the people of Judah immediately after commanding that a warning be inscribed on a tablet as a permanent witness.
The words — מְרִי (me.Ri) translates literally to "rebellion," and כֶּחָשִׁים (ke.cha.Shim) means "lying" or "deceit," characterizing the people's nature.
The thread — This diagnosis of stubborn disobedience echoes "Isaiah 30:1" calls them "rebellious children," extends to "Acts 7:51" describes them as stiff-necked resisters of the Spirit, and parallels "Proverbs 28:9" links turning away from the law to detestable prayer.
Why it lands — The text identifies a confirmed pattern of willful rejection of divine instruction and requires the reader to confront their own compliance with God’s commands rather than seeking comforting illusions.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord:
Cross-references
- Isaiah 30:1 “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 You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
- Proverbs 28:9 Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable.
- Isaiah 1:4 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 She heeded no voice; she accepted no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she has not drawn near to her God.
- Zechariah 1:4 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.
- Zechariah 7:11 But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.
- Revelation 21:8 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.”
- Deuteronomy 31:27 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 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.