Isaiah 30:13
11 Get out of the way; turn off the road. Rid us of the Holy One of Israel!”
12 Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “Because you have rejected this message, trusting in oppression and relying on deceit,
this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly— in an instant!
14 It will break in pieces like a potter’s jar, shattered so that no fragment can be found. Not a shard will be found in the dust large enough to scoop the coals from a hearth or to skim the water from a cistern.”
15 For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “By repentance and rest you would be saved; your strength would lie in quiet confidence— but you were not willing.”
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly— in an instant!
- KJV
- Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.
- WEB
- therefore this iniquity shall be to you like a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking comes suddenly in an instant.
- ASV
- therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly in an instant.
- DARBY
- therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a towering wall, whose breaking shall come suddenly in an instant.
- BLB
- so will be to you⁺ this iniquity like a breach ready to fall, bulging in a high wall, whose breach suddenly comes in an instant.
- ÅB
- derfor skal denne misgjerning bli dere som et falleferdig stykke som skyver seg mere og mere fram på en høy mur, inntil muren med ett, i et øyeblikk, styrter sammen og knuses;
- OTB
- skal denne synden bli for dere som en sprekk i en høy mur, som buler og er i ferd med å kollapse, hvis fall kommer plutselig, på et øyeblikk.
- B1930
- derfor skal denne misgjerning bli eder som et falleferdig stykke som skyver sig mere og mere frem på en høi mur, inntil muren med ett, i et øieblikk, styrter sammen og knuses;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 13:10–15
Because they have led My people astray, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and whitewashing any flimsy wall that is built,
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But your many foes will be like fine dust, the multitude of the ruthless like blowing chaff. Then suddenly, in an instant,
Read in context1 Kings 20:30
The rest of them fled into the city of Aphek, where the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand of the remaining men. Ben-hadad also fled to the city and hid in an inner room.
Read in contextPsalms 62:3
How long will you threaten a man? Will all of you throw him down like a leaning wall or a tottering fence?
Read in contextProverbs 29:1
A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 5:1–3
Now about the times and seasons, brothers, we do not need to write to you.
Read in contextJob 36:18
Be careful that no one lures you with riches; do not let a large bribe lead you astray.
Read in contextLuke 6:49
But the one who hears My words and does not act on them is like a man who built his house on ground without a foundation. The torrent crashed against that house, and immediately it fell—and great was its destruction!”
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