10 who say to the seers, "Don’t foresee,"and to the visionaries, "Don’t report truthful visions;tell us flattering things;envision deceptions;
11 get out of the way;step off the path;let’s have no more ‘holy one of Israel.’"
12 Therefore, the holy one of Israel says:Because you reject this wordand trust in oppression and cunning and rely on them,
13 your sin will be like a crack in a high wall; it bulges, about to fall:suddenly, in an instant, it breaks!
14 Its breaking is like the breaking of a storage jarthat is totally shattered.No piece from among its fragments will be large enough to take fire from a hearth,or to dip water from a cistern.
15 Therefore, the Lord God,the holy one of Israel, says:In return and rest you will be saved;quietness and trust will be your strength—but you refused.
16 You said,"No! We’ll flee on horses"—therefore, you will indeed flee—"and we’ll ride off; on swift steeds we will ride"—therefore, your pursuers will be swift.