Yesaya 27:11

27:11 When its branches get brittle, ¹  they break;

women come and use them for kindling. ² 

For these people lack understanding, ³ 

therefore the one who made them has no compassion on them;

the one who formed them has no mercy on them.

Yesaya 30:9-12

30:9 For these are rebellious people –

they are lying children,

children unwilling to obey the Lord’s law. ⁴ 

30:10 They ⁵  say to the visionaries, “See no more visions!”

and to the seers, “Don’t relate messages to us about what is right! ⁶ 

Tell us nice things,

relate deceptive messages. ⁷ 

30:11 Turn aside from the way,

stray off the path. ⁸ 

Remove from our presence the Holy One of Israel.” ⁹ 

30:12 For this reason this is what the Holy One of Israel says:

“You have rejected this message; ¹⁰ 

you trust instead in your ability to oppress and trick, ¹¹ 

and rely on that kind of behavior. ¹² 

[27:11]  ¹ tn Heb “are dry” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[27:11]  ² tn Heb “women come [and] light it.” The city is likened to a dead tree with dried up branches that is only good for firewood.

[27:11]  ³ tn Heb “for not a people of understanding [is] he.”

[30:9]  ⁴ tn Or perhaps, “instruction” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV); NCV, TEV “teachings.”

[30:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “who” (so NASB, NRSV). A new sentence was started here in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[30:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “Do not see for us right things.”

[30:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “Tell us smooth things, see deceptive things.”

[30:11]  ⁸ sn The imagery refers to the way or path of truth, as revealed by God to the prophet.

[30:11]  ⁹ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[30:12]  ¹⁰ tn The sentence actually begins with the word “because.” In the Hebrew text vv. 12-13 are one long sentence.

[30:12]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and you trust in oppression and cunning.”

[30:12]  ¹² tn Heb “and you lean on it”; NAB “and depend on it.”