¹³ this guilt of yours will become for you
    like a crack appearing in a high wall
that bulges out and continues to widen
    until suddenly, in an instant,
    that wall will come hurtling to the ground.
¹⁴ It will crash and break like an earthenware pot,
    shattered so completely
that among its fragments not a single shard can be found
    to remove an ember from the hearth
    or to scoop out water from a cistern.
¹⁵ For thus says the Lord God,
    the Holy One of Israel:
Your salvation depends upon repentance and tranquility
    and your strength upon quiet trust.
    But you would have none of it.