Isaiah 30:9–15

⁹That a rebellious people is this, sons—liars, Sons not willing to hear the law of Jehovah. ¹⁰Who have said to seers, ‘Ye do not see,’ And to prophets, ‘Ye do not prophesy to us Straightforward things, Speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits, ¹¹Turn aside from the way, decline from the path, Cause to cease from before us the Holy One of Israel.’ ¹²Therefore, thus said the Holy One of Israel, Because of your kicking against this word, And ye trust in oppression, And perverseness, and rely on it, ¹³Therefore is this iniquity to you as a breach falling, Swelled out in a wall set on high, Whose destruction suddenly, at an instant cometh. ¹⁴And He hath broken it As the breaking of the potters’ bottle, Beaten down—He doth not spare, Nor is there found, in its beating down, A potsherd to take fire from the burning, And to draw out waters from a ditch. ¹⁵For thus said the Lord Jehovah, The Holy One of Israel: ‘In returning and rest ye are saved, In keeping quiet and in confidence is your might, And ye have not been willing.