Isaiah 30

“Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD , that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but…” Naming Woe keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh…” Naming Egypt and Pharaoh keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a…” The line’s distinctive content terms include profit, ashamed, help. Its relationship to verses 4 and 6 shows what work it does in this passage.

“The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to…” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:” The line’s distinctive content terms include book, note, table. Its relationship to verses 9 shows what work it does in this passage.

“That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD :” The line’s distinctive content terms include children, hear, LORD. Its relationship to verses 8 and 10 shows what work it does in this passage.

“Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things…” Naming Prophesy and See keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.” The number one makes the report concrete. Ask whether it measures time, people, distance, repetition, or completeness before deciding what weight it carries.

“Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness…” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh…” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters’ vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“For thus saith the Lord GOD , the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in…” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have…” The verse names God rather than leaving the action without a source. Watch whether the next line continues, answers, or contrasts that action.

“For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the…” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are…” The line’s distinctive content terms include anger, burden, burning. Its relationship to verses 26 and 28 shows what work it does in this passage.

“And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod.” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is…” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.