14 And the breaking thereof is like the breaking of a potter’s pot, which is broken without pity, and in the breaking thereof is not found [a]a shard to take fire out of the hearth, or to take water out of the pit.

15 For thus said the [b]Lord God, the Holy one of Israel, In rest and quietness shall ye be saved: in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength, but ye would not.

16 For ye have said, No, but we will flee away upon [c]horses. Therefore shall ye flee. We will ride upon the swiftest. Therefore shall your persecutors be swifter.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 30:14 Signifying, that the destruction of the wicked shall be without recovery.
  2. Isaiah 30:15 Ofttimes by his Prophets he put you in remembrance of this, that you should only depend on him.
  3. Isaiah 30:16 We will trust to escape by our horses.

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