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13 You are guilty of these things.
    So you will be like a high wall ·with cracks in it [cracked and bulging]
    that falls suddenly and ·breaks into small pieces [or in a flash/instant].
14 You will be like a clay jar that breaks,
    smashed into many pieces.
Those pieces will be too small
    to take coals from the fire
or to get water from a ·well [cistern].”

15 This is what the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel [1:4], says:

“If you ·come back to me [repent] and ·trust [rest in] me, you will be saved.
    If you will be calm and trust me, you will be strong.”
    But you ·don’t want to do that [refused; would not].

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13 this sin will become for you
    like a high wall,(A) cracked and bulging,
    that collapses(B) suddenly,(C) in an instant.
14 It will break in pieces like pottery,(D)
    shattered so mercilessly
that among its pieces not a fragment will be found
    for taking coals from a hearth
    or scooping water out of a cistern.”

15 This is what the Sovereign(E) Lord, the Holy One(F) of Israel, says:

“In repentance and rest(G) is your salvation,
    in quietness and trust(H) is your strength,
    but you would have none of it.(I)

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