Isaiah 30:12–21

12  Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel,

Because ye despise this word,

And trust in ||oppression and eperverseness,

And stay thereon:

13  Therefore this iniquity shall be to you fas a breach ready to fall,

Swelling out in a high wall,

gWhose breaking cometh ghsuddenly at an instant.

14  And ihe shall break it as the breaking of †the potters’ vessel

That is broken in pieces; khe shall not spare:

So that there shall not be found in the bursting of it kka sherd

lTo take fire from the hearth,

Or to take water withal out of mthe pit.

15  For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel;

In returning and nrest shall ye be saved;

oIn quietness and in confidence shall be your strength:

pAnd ye would not.

16  But ye said, No; for qwe will flee upon horses;

Therefore shall ye flee:

And, qWe will ride upon rthe swift;

Therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.

17  sOne thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one;

At the rebuke of five shall ye flee:

Till ye be left as ||a beacon upon the top of a mountain,

And as ttan ensign on an hill.

18  And utherefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you,

And therefore vwill he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you:

For the Lord is a God of judgment:

wBlessed are all they that wait for him.

19  For xthe people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem:

Thou shalt weep no more:

He will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry;

When he shall hear it, he will answer thee.

20  And though the Lord give you ythe bread of adversity, and zthe water of ||affliction,

Yet ashall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more,

But thine eyes shall see thy teachers:

21  And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying,

aaThis is the way, walk ye in it,

bWhen ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.