Isaiah 30:9 (DRB)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Isaiah 30:7 For Egypt shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this: It is pride only, sit still.

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.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "people", "provoketh", "wrath", "lying", "children", and "hear". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "people" and "provoketh", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "Now therefore go in and write for..." into verse 10's "Who say to the seers See not...", so "people" and "provoketh" 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 "people" and "provoketh" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.