Isaiah 30:15–22

¹⁵For thus said the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel,

“In returning and rest you shall be saved;

in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.”

And you would not, ¹⁶but you said,

“No! We will speed upon horses,”

therefore you shall speed away;

and, “We will ride upon swift steeds,”

therefore your pursuers shall be swift.

¹⁷A thousand shall flee at the threat of one,

at the threat of five you shall flee,

till you are left

like a flagstaff on the top of a mountain,

like a signal on a hill.

¹⁸Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you;

therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you.

For the Lord is a God of justice;

blessed are all those who wait for him.

¹⁹Yea, O people in Zion who dwell at Jerusalem; you shall weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry; when he hears it, he will answer you. ²⁰And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your Teacher will not hide himself any more, but your eyes shall see your Teacher. ²¹And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left. ²²Then you will defile your silver-covered graven images and your gold-plated molten images. You will scatter them as unclean things; you will say to them, “Begone!”