Isaiah 30:9-11 That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD:… What did the speakers want? They wanted what is desired by every age, namely, to be entertained. It is entertainment that is often frittering away the noblest courage and finest faculty of the Church. There may be parts of the service which are instructive, and they are tolerated that the entertainment may be enjoyed: entertain us with ritual, with music, with stories, with something that will give us intellectual excitement and even a degree of intellectual delight: but do not prophesy, do not teach, do not become rigorously moral: let the day of judgment alone; if we have to go to hell let us go down a bank covered with velvet moss. The people make the pulpit. (J. Parker, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD:WEB: For it is a rebellious people, lying children, children who will not hear the law of Yahweh; |
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