Isaiah 30:15

Rest and sabbath Faith Repentance Stillness and meditation

¹³ 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.”

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.”

¹⁶ “No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.

¹⁷ A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: 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.”
KJV: For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.
WEB: For thus said the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, “You will be saved in returning and rest. Your strength will be in quietness and in confidence.” You refused,
ASV: For thus said the Lord Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength. And ye would not:
DARBY: For thus saith the Lord Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel: In returning and rest shall ye be saved, in quietness and confidence shall be your strength; but ye would not.
BLB: For thus says the Lord YHWH, the Holy One of Israel: “In returning and rest you⁺ will be saved; in quietness and in confidence will be your⁺ strength.” And you⁺ were not willing,”

ÅB: For så sa Herren, Israels Gud, Israels Hellige: Dersom dere vender om og holder dere rolige, skal dere frelses; i stillhet og i tillit skal deres styrke være. Men dere ville ikke.
OTB: Dette er hva Herren Gud, Israels Hellige, sier: "I omvendelse og ro er deres frelse, i stillhet og tillit er deres styrke, men dere var ikke villige.
B1930: For så sa Herren, Israels Gud, Israels Hellige: Dersom I vender om og holder eder rolige, skal I frelses; i stillhet og i tillit skal eders styrke være. Men I vilde ikke.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Isaiah 26:3–4
You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.
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Isaiah 32:17
The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever.
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Psalms 125:1–2
Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.
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Jeremiah 3:22–23
“Return, O faithless children, and I will heal your faithlessness.” “Here we are. We come to You, for You are the LORD our God.
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John 5:40
yet you refuse to come to Me to have life.
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1 Chronicles 5:20
And because they cried out to God in battle, they were helped against their enemies, and the Hagrites and all their allies were delivered into their hands. Because they put their trust in God, He answered their prayers.
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2 Chronicles 16:8
Were not the Cushites and Libyans a vast army with many chariots and horsemen? Yet because you relied on the LORD, He delivered them into your hand.
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Luke 13:34
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
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