Isaiah 30:15–22

¹⁵For thus the Lord ¹God, the Holy One of Israel, has said,

“In ²repentance and ^arest you will be saved,

In ^bquietness and trust is your strength.”

But you were not willing,

¹⁶And you said, “No, for we will flee on ^ahorses,”

Therefore you shall flee!

“And we will ride on swift horses,”

Therefore those who pursue you shall be swift.

^17aOne thousand will flee at the threat of one man;

You will flee at the threat of five,

Until you are left as a ¹flag on a mountain top

And as a signal on a hill.

God Is Gracious and Just

¹⁸Therefore the Lord ^1alongs to be gracious to you,

And therefore He ²waits on ^bhigh to have compassion on you.

For the Lord is a ^cGod of justice;

How blessed are all those who ^3dlong for Him.

¹⁹¹O people in Zion, ^ainhabitant in Jerusalem, you will ^bweep no longer. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry; when He hears it, He will ^canswer you.

²⁰Although the Lord has given you ^abread of privation and water of oppression, He, your Teacher will no longer ^bhide Himself, but your eyes will behold your Teacher.

²¹Your ears will hear a word behind you, “¹This is the ^away, walk in it,” whenever you ^bturn to the right or to the left.

²²And you will defile your graven ^aimages overlaid with silver, and your molten images plated with gold. You will scatter them as an impure thing, and say to ¹them, “^bBe gone!”