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Isaiah 30:11

Old Testament Major Prophet ASV (1901)

What does Isaiah 30:11 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
Isaiah 30:11 — American Standard Version

Context — Isaiah 30

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
8Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever.
9For it is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of Jehovah;
10that say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits,
11get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
12Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and rely thereon;
13therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly in an instant.
14And he shall break it as a potter`s vessel is broken, breaking it in pieces without sparing; so that there shall not be found among the pieces thereof a sherd wherewith to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out of the cistern.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Get ye out of the way: turn aside out of the path, &c.] These two expressions mean one and the same thing; either that the prophets would go out of their usual way of threatening ruin and destruction; or that they would go out of the way of the people, and not stand in it to hinder them pursuing their own lusts and pleasures; or that they would go out of the right way, as the Targum, which is God’s way, and join with them; or, at least, connive at, and indulge them, in their ways: cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us; do not so often make mention of his name, or come to us with a “thus saith the Lord”; let us hear no more of him, or messages from him; and especially under…”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“Depart from the true "way" (so in Act 19:9, Act 19:23) of religion. cause . . . to cease--Let us hear no more of His name. God's holiness is what troubles sinners most.”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“Cause, &c. - Do not trouble us with harsh messages from God. Isaiah 30:12”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“30:11 Stop telling us: The people of Judah did not want to be confronted about sin or judgment.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“you out: Isa 29:21; Amo 7:13 cause: Joh 15:23, Joh 15:24; Rom 1:28, Rom 1:30, Rom 8:7; Eph 4:18 Isaiah 30:12”
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