Isaiah 30:10 (DRB)

Passage

Who say to the seers: See not: and to them that behold: Behold not for us those things that are right: speak unto us pleasant things, see errors for us.

Nearby Context

Isaiah 30:8 Now therefore go in and write for them upon box, and note it diligently in a book, and it shall be in the latter days for a testimony for ever.

Isaiah 30:9 For it is a people that provoketh to wrath, and lying children that will not hear the law of God.

Isaiah 30:10 Who say to the seers: See not: and to them that behold: Behold not for us those things that are right: speak unto us pleasant things, see errors for us.

Isaiah 30:11 Take away from me the way, turn away the path from me, let the Holy One of Israel cease from before us.

Isaiah 30:12 Therefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel: Because you have rejected this word, and have trusted in oppression and tumult, and have leaned upon it:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "seers", "behold", "things", "right", "speak", and "pleasant". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "seers" and "behold", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "For it is a people that provoketh..." into verse 11's "Take away from me the way turn...", so "seers" and "behold" belong inside that flow. In Isaiah context, the local focus is the Holy One of Israel, judgment and restoration, the servant of the LORD, and Zion's hope.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "seers" and "behold" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.