13 Therefore this (A)wrongdoing will be to you
Like a (B)breach about to fall,
A bulge in a high wall,
Whose collapse comes (C)suddenly in an instant,
14 Whose collapse is like the smashing of a (D)potter’s jar,
[a]So ruthlessly shattered
That a shard will not be found among its pieces
To [b]take fire from a hearth
Or to scoop water from a cistern.”

15 For this is what the Lord [c]God, the Holy One of Israel, has said:

“In [d]repentance and (E)rest you will be saved,
In (F)quietness and trust is your strength.”
But you were not willing,

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 30:14 Lit Crushed, it will not be spared
  2. Isaiah 30:14 Lit snatch up
  3. Isaiah 30:15 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
  4. Isaiah 30:15 Lit returning

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