Isaiah 30:1 meaning and explanation

“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin.

Isaiah 30:1, Berean Standard Bible

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Isaiah speaks to Judah in the late eighth century BC, when Assyria threatened and Judah's leaders looked to Egypt for rescue. God calls them rebellious children: they make a plan, but not His, and pour out a drink offering, a ritual act of treaty-making, without consulting Him.

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