Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
THE THIRTIETH THROUGH THIRTY-SECOND CHAPTERS REFER PROBABLY TO THE SUMMER OF 714 BC, AS THE TWENTY-NINTH CHAPTER TO THE PASSOVER OF THAT YEAR. (Isa. 30:1-32)
take counsel—rather, as Isaiah 30:4, Isaiah 30:6 imply, "execute counsels."
cover . . . covering—that is, wrap themselves in reliances disloyal towards Jehovah. "Cover" thus answers to "seek to hide deeply their counsel from the Lord" (Isaiah 29:15). But the Hebrew is literally, "who pour out libations"; as it was by these that leagues were made (Exodus 24:8; Zechariah 9:11), translate, "who make a league."
not of—not suggested by My Spirit" (Numbers 27:21; Joshua 9:14).
that they may add—The consequence is here spoken of as their intention, so reckless were they of sinning: one sin entails the commission of another (Deuteronomy 29:19).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 30:1:
Isaiah 29:15
Isaiah 30:18
Ezekiel 29:6
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