Isaiah 30:10

30:10 They ¹  say to the visionaries, “See no more visions!”

and to the seers, “Don’t relate messages to us about what is right! ² 

Tell us nice things,

relate deceptive messages. ³ 

Micah 2:11

2:11 If a lying windbag should come and say, ⁴ 

‘I’ll promise you blessings of wine and beer,’ ⁵ 

he would be just the right preacher for these people! ⁶ 

[30:10]  ¹ tn Heb “who” (so NASB, NRSV). A new sentence was started here in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[30:10]  ² tn Heb “Do not see for us right things.”

[30:10]  ³ tn Heb “Tell us smooth things, see deceptive things.”

[2:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “if a man, coming [as] wind and falsehood, should lie”; NASB “walking after wind and falsehood”; NIV “a liar and a deceiver.”

[2:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “I will foam at the mouth concerning wine and beer.”

[2:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “he would be the foamer at the mouth for this people.”