8 Now go, awrite it on a tablet before them
And inscribe it on a scroll,
That it may be in the time to come
As a witness forever.
9 For this is a arebellious people, bfalse sons,
Sons who are not willing to clisten
To the law of Yahweh,
10 Who say to the aseers, “You must not see,”
And to those who have visions, “You must not bbehold visions for us of what is right,
cSpeak to us pleasant words,
Behold visions of illusions.
11 Get out of the way, aturn aside from the path,
bCease speaking before us about the Holy One of Israel.”
12 Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel,
“aSince you have rejected this word
And have put your trust in boppression and deviousness and have relied on them,
13 Therefore this ainiquity will be to you
Like a bbreach about to fall,
A bulge in a high wall,
Whose breaking comes csuddenly in an instant,
14 Whose breaking is like the breaking of a apotter’s jar,
So ruthlessly shattered
That a potsherd will not be found among its pieces
To take fire from a hearth
Or to scoop water from a cistern.”
15 For thus Lord Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, has said,
“In repentance and arest you will be saved,
In bquietness and trust is your might.”
But you were not willing,
16 And you said, “No, for we will flee on ahorses,”
Therefore you shall flee!
“And we will ride on swift horses,”
Therefore those who pursue you shall be swift.
17 aOne thousand will flee at the threat of one man;
You will flee at the threat of five,
Until you are left as a flag on a mountain top
And as a standard on a hill.