Isaiah 30:8-16

8Now go, write it on a tablet for them and inscribe it in a scroll, so that it may be as a witness for the last day, forever.

9For this is a rebellious people, lying children, children unwilling to obey the Torah of Adonai.

10They say to the seers, “Do not see,” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us what is right. Speak to us smooth words. Prophesy illusions.

11Get out of the way! Turn away from the path! Let’s hear no more about the Holy One of Israel.”

12Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel: “Because you despise this word, and trust in oppression and rely on perversity,

13therefore this sin will be to you like a crack bulging in a high wall, about to fall— its collapse comes suddenly, in an instant!

14Its collapse is like smashing a clay jar, so ruthlessly shattered that a shard will not be found among the pieces to take fire from the hearth or scoop water from the cistern.”

15For thus says Adonai Elohim, the Holy One of Israel: “By repentance and rest you are saved, in quietness and trust is your strength— but you were not willing.”

16But you said, “No, we will flee on horses!” Therefore you will flee. And, “We will ride on swift horses!” Therefore your pursuers will be swift.