Isaiah 30:8-16

8Now go and write down these words. Write them in a book. They will stand until the end of time as a witness

9that these people are stubborn rebels who refuse to pay attention to the Lord’s instructions.

10They tell the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” They tell the prophets, “Don’t tell us what is right. Tell us nice things. Tell us lies.

11Forget all this gloom. Get off your narrow path. Stop telling us about your ‘Holy One of Israel.’”

12This is the reply of the Holy One of Israel: “Because you despise what I tell you and trust instead in oppression and lies,

13calamity will come upon you suddenly— like a bulging wall that bursts and falls. In an instant it will collapse and come crashing down.

14You will be smashed like a piece of pottery— shattered so completely that there won’t be a piece big enough to carry coals from a fireplace or a little water from the well.”

15This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says: “Only in returning to me and resting in me will you be saved. In quietness and confidence is your strength. But you would have none of it.

16You said, ‘No, we will get our help from Egypt. They will give us swift horses for riding into battle.’ But the only swiftness you are going to see is the swiftness of your enemies chasing you!