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15 This is what Adonay Yahweh, Qedosh Yisrael, says:

You can be saved by returning to me.
    You can have rest.
    You can be strong by being quiet and by trusting me.
    But you don’t want that.
16 You’ve said, “No, we’ll flee on horses.”
    So you flee.
    You’ve added, “We’ll ride on fast horses.”
        So those who chase you will also be fast.
17 One thousand people will flee when one person threatens them,
    and you will flee when five threaten you.
        Then you will be left alone
            like a flagpole on top of a mountain,
            like a signpost on a hill.

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15 This is what the Sovereign(A) Lord, the Holy One(B) of Israel, says:

“In repentance and rest(C) is your salvation,
    in quietness and trust(D) is your strength,
    but you would have none of it.(E)
16 You said, ‘No, we will flee(F) on horses.’(G)
    Therefore you will flee!
You said, ‘We will ride off on swift horses.’
    Therefore your pursuers will be swift!
17 A thousand will flee
    at the threat of one;
at the threat of five(H)
    you will all flee(I) away,
till you are left(J)
    like a flagstaff on a mountaintop,
    like a banner(K) on a hill.”

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