Yǐsaìyàshū 30:12

12 Suǒyǐ Yǐsèliè de shèng zhĕ rúcǐ shuō , yīnwei nǐmen miǎoshì zhè xùn huì de huà , yī laì qīyē hé guāi pì , yǐ cǐ wèi kĕ kào de .

Yǐsaìyàshū 30:12 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 30:12

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 from the use of phrases, because disliked by natural men: as, in our days, men do not love to hear the name of Christ so often mentioned, or his Gospel, or the glorious truths of it; but the use of them should not be left off on that account, but rather they should be the more inculcated, as we find this phrase was; see ( Isaiah 30:15 ) : Because ye despise this word;
either this name of the Lord, "the Holy One of Israel"; or this prophecy that was delivered unto them, which reproved them for their confidence in Egypt, and exhorted them to sit still at home, and trust in the Lord; but instead of that they trusted in what was very bad, as follows: but trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon;
either in oppressors, and perverse persons, as the Egyptians were; or in their wealth, got by oppression, rapine, and fraud, which they carried to Egypt, and on which they depended for help and relief; and in that perverse disposition of mind, contradicting the Lord speaking by his prophets, resolving to take their own way, not doubting but that they should have success.

Yǐsaìyàshū 30:12 In-Context

10 Tāmen duì xiān jiàn shuō , búyào wàng jiàn bù jí lì de shì , duì xiānzhī shuō , búyào xiàng wǒmen jiǎng zhèngzhí de huà , yào xiàng wǒmen shuō róu hé de huà , yán xū huàn de shì .

11 Nǐmen yào lí qì zhēng dào , piānlí zhí lù . búyào zaì wǒmen miànqián , zaì tí shuō Yǐsèliè de shèng zhĕ .

12 Suǒyǐ Yǐsèliè de shèng zhĕ rúcǐ shuō , yīnwei nǐmen miǎoshì zhè xùn huì de huà , yī laì qīyē hé guāi pì , yǐ cǐ wèi kĕ kào de .

13 Gùcǐ , zhè zuìniè zaì nǐmen shēnshang , hǎoxiàng jiāngyào pòliè tū chūlai de gāo qiáng , qǐng kè zhī jiān , hūrán tān tā .

14 Yào beì dǎ suì , hǎoxiàng bǎ yáo jiàng de wǎ qì dǎ suì , haó bù gù xī , shènzhì suì kuaì zhōng zhǎo bù dào yī piān , kĕ yòng yǐ cóng lú neì qǔ huǒ , cóng chí zhōng yǎo shuǐ .