Isaiah 30:15–22

¹⁵For the Lord Yahweh, the holy one of Israel, said this:

“In returning and rest you shall be saved;

your strength shall be in quietness and in trust.”

But^s you were not willing, ¹⁶and you said,

“No! For we will flee on horses!”^t Therefore you shall flee!

And, “We will ride on swift horses!”^u Therefore your pursuers shall be swift!

¹⁷One thousand because of^v a threat of one,

because^w of a threat of five you shall flee,

until you are left like a flagstaff on top^x of a mountain,

and like a signal on a hill.

Yahweh Will Show Mercy

¹⁸Therefore Yahweh waits to be gracious to you,

and therefore he will rise up to show you mercy,

for Yahweh is a God of justice;

blessed are all those who wait for him.

¹⁹For people will live in Zion;

in Jerusalem, you will surely not weep.

Surely he will be gracious to you;

when he hears the sound of your cry, he will answer you.

²⁰And the Lord will give you the bread of distress

and the water of oppression,

but^y your teachers will not hide themselves^z any longer.

And your eyes shall see^a your teachers.

²¹And your ears shall hear a word from behind you, saying,

“this is the way; walk in it,”

when you go to your right

and when you go to your left.

²²And you will defile the plating of your silver idols

and the covering of your gold image.

You will scatter them like contaminated things;^b

you will say to it, “Filth!”^c