Counsel of God (Isaiah 30:1-3)

Counsel of God

Isaiah 30:1 was spoken to Judah’s leaders who, terrified of Assyria, secretly planned an alliance with Egypt instead of trusting God — revealing their rebellion, unbelief, and human-centered politics.

Even today, Isaiah 30:1 challenges God’s people to:

• Seek God’s counsel first, not human schemes,

• Trust in God’s power, not political or personal “Egypts,”

• And remember that faithlessness + self-reliance = rebellion in God’s eyes.