Isaiah 30:9
New International Version
For these are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to listen to the LORD’s instruction.

New Living Translation
that these people are stubborn rebels who refuse to pay attention to the LORD’s instructions.

English Standard Version
For they are a rebellious people, lying children, children unwilling to hear the instruction of the LORD;

Berean Standard Bible
These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction.

King James Bible
That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD:

New King James Version
That this is a rebellious people, Lying children, Children who will not hear the law of the LORD;

New American Standard Bible
For this is a rebellious people, false sons, Sons who refuse to listen To the instruction of the LORD;

NASB 1995
For this is a rebellious people, false sons, Sons who refuse to listen To the instruction of the LORD;

NASB 1977
For this is a rebellious people, false sons, Sons who refuse to listen To the instruction of the LORD;

Legacy Standard Bible
For this is a rebellious people, false sons, Sons who are not willing to listen To the law of Yahweh,

Amplified Bible
For this is a rebellious people, lying sons, Sons who refuse to listen to The law and instruction of the LORD;

Christian Standard Bible
They are a rebellious people, deceptive children, children who do not want to listen to the LORD’s instruction.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They are a rebellious people, deceptive children, children who do not want to obey the LORD’s instruction.

American Standard Version
For it is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of Jehovah;

Contemporary English Version
They have turned against the LORD and can't be trusted. They have refused his teaching

English Revised Version
For it is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
These people are rebellious and deceitful children, children who refuse to listen to the LORD's teachings.

Good News Translation
They are always rebelling against God, always lying, always refusing to listen to the LORD's teachings.

International Standard Version
For they are a rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to hear the LORD's instruction.

Majority Standard Bible
These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction.

NET Bible
For these are rebellious people--they are lying children, children unwilling to obey the LORD's law.

New Heart English Bible
For it is a rebellious people, lying children, children who will not hear the law of the LORD;

Webster's Bible Translation
That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD:

World English Bible
For it is a rebellious people, lying children, children who will not hear Yahweh’s law;
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
That this [is] a people of rebellion, sons—liars, "" Sons not willing to hear the Law of YHWH.

Young's Literal Translation
That a rebellious people is this, sons -- liars, Sons not willing to hear the law of Jehovah.

Smith's Literal Translation
For this is a people of contradiction, sons of lies, sons who will not to hear the law of Jehovah.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
For it is a people that provoketh to wrath, and lying children, children that will not hear the law of God.

Catholic Public Domain Version
For they are a people who provoke to wrath, and they are lying sons, sons unwilling to listen to the law of God.

New American Bible
For this is a rebellious people, deceitful children, Children who refuse to listen to the instruction of the LORD;

New Revised Standard Version
For they are a rebellious people, faithless children, children who will not hear the instruction of the LORD;
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
For this is a rebellious people, lying children, children who will not hear the law of the LORD;

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Because the people are rebellious children; they are lying children, for they chose not to hear The Law of LORD JEHOVAH
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
For it is a rebellious people, Lying children, Children that refuse to hear the teaching of the LORD;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For the people is disobedient, false children, who would not hear the law of God:

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Worthless Treaty with Egypt
8Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the days to come, a witness forever and ever. 9 These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction. 10They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions.…

Cross References
Jeremiah 5:23-24
But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts. They have turned aside and gone away. / They have not said in their hearts, ‘Let us fear the LORD our God, who gives the rains, both autumn and spring, in season, who keeps for us the appointed weeks of harvest.’

Ezekiel 12:2
“Son of man, you are living in a rebellious house. They have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious house.

Matthew 23:37
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

2 Timothy 4:3-4
For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires. / So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.

Jeremiah 6:10
To whom can I give this warning? Who will listen to me? Look, their ears are closed, so they cannot hear. See, the word of the LORD has become offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it.

Acts 7:51
You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.

Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.

2 Thessalonians 2:10-12
and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them. / For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie, / in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness.

Zechariah 7:11-12
But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing. / They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts.

John 8:43-47
Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to accept My message. / You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies. / But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me! ...

Jeremiah 7:26
Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers.

Amos 2:4
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Judah, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they reject the Law of the LORD and fail to keep His statutes; they are led astray by the lies in which their fathers walked.

Romans 10:21
But as for Israel he says: “All day long I have held out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.”

Jeremiah 11:10
They have returned to the sins of their forefathers who refused to obey My words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their fathers.

2 Peter 2:1-3
Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. / Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed. / In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.


Treasury of Scripture

That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD:

this is

Isaiah 30:1
Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:

Isaiah 1:4
Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.

Deuteronomy 31:27-29
For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death? …

lying

Isaiah 59:3
For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.

Isaiah 63:8
For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour.

Jeremiah 9:3
And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.

will not

2 Chronicles 33:10
And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken.

2 Chronicles 36:15,16
And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place: …

Nehemiah 9:29,30
And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear…

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These are a rebellious people
The Hebrew word for "rebellious" is "מְרִי" (meri), which conveys a sense of defiance and resistance against authority. In the context of Isaiah, this rebellion is against God Himself, who has established His covenant with Israel. Historically, the Israelites often turned away from God's commandments, seeking alliances with foreign nations and adopting their idolatrous practices. This phrase serves as a reminder of the human tendency to resist divine authority, emphasizing the need for repentance and submission to God's will.

deceitful children
The term "deceitful" in Hebrew is "כָּחַשׁ" (kachash), which implies lying or being unfaithful. The imagery of "children" suggests a relationship of dependency and trust, which is betrayed by deceit. In the biblical narrative, Israel is often portrayed as God's child, yet they fail to live up to this identity by turning to falsehoods and abandoning their covenantal responsibilities. This phrase challenges believers to examine their own faithfulness to God, urging them to live in truth and integrity.

children unwilling to obey
The Hebrew word for "unwilling" is "לֹא אָבוּ" (lo avu), indicating a stubborn refusal or lack of desire. This phrase highlights the Israelites' persistent disobedience, despite knowing God's laws and commands. The historical context reveals a pattern of Israel's reluctance to heed prophetic warnings, leading to their downfall. For contemporary believers, this serves as a cautionary tale about the dangers of hardening one's heart against divine guidance.

the LORD’s instruction
The word "instruction" is translated from the Hebrew "תּוֹרָה" (torah), which means teaching or law. It refers to the divine guidance provided through the Scriptures and the prophets. In Isaiah's time, the Torah was central to Israel's identity and relationship with God. However, their disregard for it led to spiritual and national decline. This phrase underscores the importance of valuing and adhering to God's Word, which offers wisdom and direction for righteous living.

(9) That this is a rebellious people.--The words that follow were those which were thus written on the tablet. The people did not know the law of the Lord, the eternal law of right, themselves. They wished the seers, like Isaiah, to be as blind as themselves, and would fain have made the prophets tune their voice according to the time.

Verse 9. - That this is a rebellious people; rather, for this is a rebellious people. The words to be written were those of the preceding prophecy. The reason for their being written is now given (comp. Deuteronomy 31:26, 27). Lying children (comp. Isaiah 59:13). They professed devotion to God; but their acts contradicted their words.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
These
ה֔וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

are a rebellious
מְרִי֙ (mə·rî)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4805: Bitterness, rebellion, bitter, rebellious

people,
עַ֤ם (‘am)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

deceitful
כֶּחָשִׁ֑ים (ke·ḥā·šîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3586: Deceptive, false

children,
בָּנִ֖ים (bā·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1121: A son

children
בָּנִ֕ים (bā·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1121: A son

unwilling
אָב֥וּ (’ā·ḇū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 14: To breathe after, to be acquiescent

to obey
שְׁמ֖וֹעַ (šə·mō·w·a‘)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

the LORD’s
יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

instruction.
תּוֹרַ֥ת (tō·w·raṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 8451: Direction, instruction, law


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