Isaiah 30:12 Meaning
Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:
Context Explained
10Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
11Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
12Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:
13Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.
14And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit.
Key Themes
Related Cross References
Jeremiah 6:10
Both verses address the people's refusal to listen to God's word.
Isaiah 5:24
This verse explains the consequences of rejecting God's teachings.
Proverbs 1:30
This verse highlights the folly of ignoring wisdom and instruction.
Source: Isaiah 30:12