12 Therefore this is what the Holy Oner of Israel says:

“Because you have rejected this message,s

relied on oppressiont

and depended on deceit,

13 this sin will become for you

like a high wall,u cracked and bulging,

that collapsesv suddenly,w in an instant.

14 It will break in pieces like pottery,x

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 Sovereigny Lord, the Holy Onez of Israel, says:

“In repentance and resta is your salvation,

in quietness and trustb is your strength,

but you would have none of it.c

16 You said, ‘No, we will fleed on horses.’e

Therefore you will flee!

You said, ‘We will ride off on swift horses.’

Therefore your pursuers will be swift!

17 A thousand will flee

at the threat of one;

at the threat of fivef

you will all fleeg away,

till you are lefth

like a flagstaff on a mountaintop,

like a banneri on a hill.”

18 Yet the Lord longsj to be gracious to you;

therefore he will rise up to show you compassion.k

For the Lord is a God of justice.l

Blessed are all who wait for him!m