10. They say to the seers, “Do not see,”and to the prophets,“Do not prophesy the truth to us.Tell us flattering things. Prophesy illusions.
11. Get out of the way!Leave the pathway.Rid us of the Holy One of Israel.”
12. Therefore the Holy One of Israel says:“Because you have rejected this messageand have trusted in oppression and deceit,and have depended on them,
13. this iniquity of yours will belike a spreading breach,a bulge in a high wallwhose collapse will come in an instant — suddenly!
14. Its collapse will be like the shatteringof a potter’s jar, crushed to pieces,so that not even a fragment of potterywill be found among its shattered remains —no fragment large enough to take fire from a hearthor scoop water from a cistern.”
15. For the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, has said:“You will be delivered by returning and resting;your strength will lie in quiet confidence.But you are not willing.”
16. You say, “No!We will escape on horses” —therefore you will escape! —and, “We will ride on fast horses” —but those who pursue you will be faster.
17. One thousand will flee at the threat of one, at the threat of five you will flee,until you alone remainlike a solitary pole on a mountaintopor a banner on a hill.