Isaiah 30:12

“Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, &c.] 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 <233015>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…”

“Holy One--Isaiah so little yields to their wicked prejudices that he repeats the very name and truth which they disliked. this word--Isaiah's exhortation to reliance on Jehovah. oppression--whereby they levied the treasures to be sent to conciliate Egypt (Isa 30:6). perverseness--in relying on Egypt, rather than on Jehovah.”

“And trust - In the wealth which you have gotten by oppression, and in your perverse course of sending to Egypt for help. Isaiah 30:13”

“30:12-17 Judgment would suddenly overtake the people of Judah because they were content with their fantasy world, and they refused God’s path to rest and quietness. 30:12 The whole society accepted oppression and lies. People reinforced each other’s delusions, so it was considered acceptable to trust that Egypt would protect them from Assyria, even though that was a lie. It was also considered legal and legitimate to oppress the poor by taking their land.”

“Because: Isa 30:1, Isa 30:7, Isa 30:15-17, Isa 5:24, Isa 31:1-3; Sa2 12:9, Sa2 12:10; Amo 2:4; Luk 10:16; Th1 4:8 and trust: Isa 28:15, Isa 47:10; Psa 52:7, Psa 62:10; Jer 13:25 oppression: or, fraud Isaiah 30:13”

“Thus do they fall out with Jehovah and the bearers of His word. "Therefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye dislike this word, and put your trust in force and shufflings, and rely upon this; therefore will this iniquity be to you like a falling breach, bent forwards in a high-towering wall, which falls to ruin suddenly, very suddenly. And He smites it to pieces, as a potter's vessel falls to pieces, when they smash it without sparing, and of which, when it lies smashed to pieces there, you cannot find a sherd to fetch fire with from the hearth, or to take water with out of a cistern." The "word" towards which they cherished me'ōs (read mo'oskhem), was the word of Jehovah…”