Isaiah 30:10 Commentary: Rashi & Ibn Ezra

אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָמְר֤וּ לָֽרֹאִים֙ לֹ֣א תִרְא֔וּ וְלַ֣חֹזִ֔ים לֹ֥א תֶחֱזוּ־לָ֖נוּ נְכֹח֑וֹת דַּבְּרוּ־לָ֣נוּ חֲלָק֔וֹת חֲז֖וּ מַהֲתַלּֽוֹת׃

That say to the seers: ‘See not’, and to the prophets: ‘Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy delusions;

Rashi on Isaiah

smooth talk Flattery.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

See not. You shall not prophesy.
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Rashi on Isaiah

prophesy (חֲזוּ, lit., envision) prophesy.
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