24 Therefore, (A)as a tongue of fire consumes stubble,
And dry grass collapses in the flame,
So their (B)root will become (C)like rot, and their blossom [a]blow away like dust;
For they have (D)rejected the Law of the Lord of armies,
And discarded the word of the Holy One of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 5:24 Lit ascend

11 Get out of the way, (A)turn aside from the path,
(B)Stop speaking before us about the Holy One of Israel!”

12 Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says:

(C)Since you have rejected this word
And have put your trust in (D)oppression and crookedness, and have relied on them,
13 Therefore this (E)wrongdoing will be to you
Like a (F)breach about to fall,
A bulge in a high wall,
Whose collapse comes (G)suddenly in an instant,
14 Whose collapse is like the smashing of a (H)potter’s jar,
[a]So ruthlessly shattered
That a shard will not be found among its pieces
To [b]take fire from a hearth
Or to scoop water from a cistern.”

15 For this is what the Lord [c]God, the Holy One of Israel, has said:

“In [d]repentance and (I)rest you will be saved,
In (J)quietness and trust is your strength.”
But you were not willing,

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 30:14 Lit Crushed, it will not be spared
  2. Isaiah 30:14 Lit snatch up
  3. Isaiah 30:15 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
  4. Isaiah 30:15 Lit returning

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