Smooth Words

Isaiah 30:8-11 ESV

8 And now, go, write it before them on a tablet 

and inscribe it in a book, 

that it may be for the time to come 

as a witness forever. 

9 For they are a rebellious people, 

lying children, 

children unwilling to hear 

the instruction of the Lord; 

10 who say to the seers, “Do not see,” 

and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us what is right; 

speak to us smooth things, 

prophesy illusions, 

11 leave the way, turn aside from the path, 

let us hear no more about the Holy One of Israel. ” 

Isaiah speaks timeless words of man rejecting God. Smooth words that do not reflect the truth of God are as yesterday's newspaper blowing down the street.