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Isaiah 30:12

Isaiah 30:12
Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel,.... The prophet introduces his message with the phrase they objected to: ministers of the word must not seek to please men, nor should they be deterred…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Wherefore thus saith the Holy One - Yahweh. There may be some reference here to the fact adverted to in Isa 30:11, that they were weary of the name of the Holy One of Israel, and of the perpetual…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Isaiah 30:8-17

Here, I. The preface is very awful. The prophet must not only preach this, but he must write it (Isa 30:8), write it in a table, to be hung up and exposed to public view; he must carefully note it,…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Isaiah 30:12-14

The answer of "Israel's Holy One," whose revelation is thus challenged.