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Isaiah 30:10

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

They say to the seers, ‘Do not see,’ and to the prophets, ‘Do not prophesy the truth to us. Tell us flattering things. Prophesy illusions.

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because such people do not serve our Lord Christ  but their own appetites.  , They deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting with smooth talk and flattering words.


but don’t ever prophesy  at Bethel again, for it is the king’s sanctuary  and a royal temple.’


But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets, ‘Do not prophesy.’


Therefore, here is what the Lord says concerning the people of Anathoth  who intend to take your life. They warn, ‘Do not prophesy in the name of the Lord,  or you will certainly die at our hand.’


When they finish their testimony, the beast  that comes up out of the abyss  will make war on them, conquer them, and kill them.


They keep on saying to those who despise me,  “The Lord has spoken: You will have peace.”  They have said to everyone who follows the stubbornness of his heart, “No harm will come to you.” ’


If a man comes and utters empty lies    – ‘I will preach to you about wine and beer’   – he would be just the preacher for this people!


‘Abandon your preaching,’  they   preach. ‘They should not preach these things; shame will not overtake us.’  ,


and say, “This is what the king says: Put this man in prison  and feed him only a little bread and water  until I come back safely.” ’


Ahab said to Elijah, ‘So, my enemy, you’ve found me, have you? ’ He replied, ‘I have found you because you devoted  yourself to do what is evil in the Lord’s sight.


So then, have I become your enemy because I told you the truth?


‘Didn’t we strictly order you not to teach in this name?  Look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us guilty of this man’s blood.’


But so that this does not spread any further among the people, let’s threaten them against speaking to anyone in this name again.’


Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me.


The world cannot hate   you, but it does hate me because I testify about it #– #that its works are evil.


The officials then said to the king, ‘This man ought to die, because he is weakening the morale  of the warriors who remain in this city and of all the people by speaking to them in this way. This man is not pursuing the welfare of this people, but their harm.’


So now, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth who has been acting like a prophet among you?


Then the priests and prophets said to the officials and all the people, ‘This man deserves the death sentence because he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears.’


The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it like this. But what will you do at the end of it?


While he was still speaking to him, the king asked, ‘Have we made you the king’s counsellor? Stop, why should you lose your life? ’ So the prophet stopped, but he said, ‘I know that God intends to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my advice.’


Asa was enraged with the seer and put him in prison  because of his anger over this. And Asa mistreated some of the people at that time.


For the time will come when people will not tolerate sound doctrine,  but according to their own desires, will multiply teachers for themselves because they have an itch to hear what they want to hear.


They will turn away from hearing the truth and will turn aside to myths.


Formerly in Israel, a man who was going to enquire of God would say, ‘Come, let’s go to the seer,’ for the prophet of today was formerly called the seer.


Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness, who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.


For the Lord has poured out on you an overwhelming urge to   sleep; he has shut your eyes (the prophets) and covered your heads (the seers).


You are to proclaim concerning King Jehoiakim of Judah, “This is what the Lord says: You have burned the scroll, asking, ‘Why have you written on it that  the king of Babylon will certainly come and destroy this land and cause it to be without people or animals? ’


Will he beg you for mercy or speak softly to you?


For you said, ‘We have made a covenant with Death, and we have an agreement with Sheol; when the overwhelming catastrophe  passes through, it will not touch us, because we have made falsehood our refuge and have hidden behind treachery.’





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