Isaiah 30

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1. 1"How terrible it will be for my rebellious children," says the LORD. "They make plans, but not with me. They cover themselves with a covering, but not of my Spirit, adding sin to sin."
2. 2They go down to Egypt without asking at my mouth, seeking to strengthen themselves by Pharaoh's power and trusting in the shadow of Egypt!
3. 3But Pharaoh's protection will only bring you shame, and Egypt's shadow will leave you humiliated.
4. 4Their officials have already arrived in Zoan, and their ambassadors have reached Hanes.
5. 5But everyone will be embarrassed by a nation that can't help them — a people who offer no aid, no benefit, only shame and disgrace."
6. 6A message about the animals heading south: Through a land of hardship and danger — home to lions and lionesses, vipers and deadly flying serpents — they load their wealth onto the backs of young donkeys and their treasures onto the humps of camels, all for a nation that will do them no good.
7. 7For the Egyptians will provide help that is useless and without purpose. Therefore, I have cried out about this, 'Their strength is to sit still.'
8. 8"Now go and write this down on a tablet in front of them. Record it in a book so it will stand as a permanent witness for all time.
9. 9These are rebellious people, dishonest children — children who refuse to listen to the law of the LORD.
10. 10They say to the seers, "Do not see," and to the prophets, "Do not prophesy right things to us; speak smooth things to us, prophesy deceits."
11. 11Get out of the way, turn aside from the path, and cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
12. 12So the Holy One of Israel says this: "Because you reject this message and instead put your trust in oppression and deceit, leaning on them for support,
13. 13this sin will be like a crack bulging out in a high wall — it looks stable, but its collapse comes suddenly, in an instant.
14. 14It will shatter like a clay pot smashed to pieces without mercy — broken so completely that among the fragments you won't find a single piece big enough to scoop coals from a fireplace or dip water from a cistern."
15. 15The Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, told you: "If you come back to me and rest, you will be saved. Your strength will come through quietness and confidence." But you refused.
16. 16But you said, 'No, we will flee on horses'; therefore you shall flee. And you said, 'We will ride on swift horses'; therefore those who pursue you will be swift.
17. 17A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five, you will all flee, until you are left like a beacon on the top of a mountain, and like a banner on a hill.
18. 18And so the LORD will wait, that he may be gracious to you, and he will be exalted, that he may show you mercy. For the LORD is a God of judgment; blessed are all who wait for him.
19. 19People of Zion, who live in Jerusalem: you will weep no more. The LORD will be very gracious to you when you cry out to him. As soon as he hears you, he will answer.
20. 20Even though the Lord may give you the bread of hardship and the water of suffering, your teachers won't be hidden from you anymore. You'll see them with your own eyes.
21. 21Whether you turn to the right or to the left, you'll hear a voice behind you saying, "This is the way. Walk in it."
22. 22Then you will defile the covering of your carved images of silver and the ornament of your molten images of gold. You will throw them away like a menstruous cloth and say to them, 'Get out of here!'
23. 23Then God will send rain for the seeds you plant, and the ground will produce bread from the increase of the earth, which will be rich and plentiful. In that day, your livestock will graze in wide-open pastures.
24. 24The oxen and donkeys that work the soil will eat the finest grain, winnowed clean with shovel and fork.
25. 25On every high mountain and every high hill, there will be rivers and streams of water on the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.
26. 26The moonlight will shine as bright as the sun, and the sunlight will be 7 times brighter — like a whole week's worth of light in a single day — when the LORD bandages his people's wounds and heals the injuries he inflicted.
27. 27Look! The name of the LORD comes from far away, burning with anger, heavy with fury. His lips overflow with rage, and his tongue is like a consuming fire.
28. 28His breath is like an overflowing stream that reaches to the middle of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of emptiness; and there will be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to go astray.
29. 29But for you there will be singing—like the joy of a night when a holy festival begins—and gladness of heart, like people marching with flutes on their way to the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel.
30. 30The LORD will make his glorious voice heard and reveal the striking down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger and a consuming fire, with scattering, storms, and hailstones.
31. 31The voice of the LORD will shatter Assyria — the nation that once struck others with its rod.
32. 32Every blow of the rod of punishment that the LORD brings down on Assyria will be accompanied by tambourines and harps, as he fights against them in battle with powerful blows.
33. 33For Tophet has been ordained from ancient times; yes, it is prepared for the king. He has made it deep and wide, with a large pile of fire and much wood. The breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, kindles it.