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13 That is why your sin will be
    like a high wall with a bulging crack, ready to fall.
        All of a sudden it will fall.
14 It will break like pottery.
    It will be smashed, and nothing will be left of it.
    No piece will be big enough to carry live coals from a fireplace
        or to dip water from a reservoir.

15 This is what Adonay Yahweh, Qedosh Yisrael, says:

You can be saved by returning to me.
    You can have rest.
    You can be strong by being quiet and by trusting me.
    But you don’t want that.

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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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