Isaiah 30:7

Rahab is another name for Leviathan (see my note on Isaiah 27:1).

God’s people refuse to listen

v8 Then the *Lord told Isaiah to cut all the letters of this message on a flat stone. And he was to write the words in a book. Together, the stone and the book will be a permanent record of how wicked the people have been. v9 The people never obey God. They are always lying. They refuse to listen to the *Lord’s instructions. v10 The people tell the *prophets to keep quiet. They are not to declare what God has shown them about the future. The people say, ‘Tell us only those things that we like to hear. Do not upset us with bad news. v11 Give up what you are doing for God. Leave the way that you are going. Do not tell us anything else about the demands of the Holy God of Israel.’