Isaiah 30:9–15

⁹They are a rebellious people,

deceptive children,^s

children who do not want to listen to the Lord’s instruction.

¹⁰They say to the seers, “Do not see,”

and to the prophets,

“Do not prophesy the truth to us.

Tell us flattering things.^t

Prophesy illusions.

¹¹Get out of the way!

Leave the pathway.

Rid us of the Holy One of Israel.”^u

¹²Therefore the Holy One of Israel says:

“Because you have rejected this message

and have trusted in oppression and deceit,

and have depended on them,

¹³this iniquity^v of yours will be

like a crumbling gap,

a bulge in a high wall

whose collapse will come in an instant—suddenly!

¹⁴Its collapse will be like the shattering

of a potter’s jar,^w crushed to pieces,

so that not even a fragment of pottery

will be found among its shattered remains—

no fragment large enough to take fire from a hearth

or scoop water from a cistern.”

¹⁵For the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, has said:

“You will be delivered by returning and resting;

your strength will lie in quiet confidence.

But you are not willing.”