Isaiah 30:8-14

New International Reader's Version

⁸ The Lord said to me, “Go now.
    Write on a tablet for the people of Judah
    what I am about to say.
Also write it on a scroll.
    In days to come
    it will be a witness that lasts forever.
⁹ That’s because these people of Judah refuse to obey me.
    They are children who tell lies.
    They will not listen to what I want to teach them.
¹⁰ They say to the seers,
    ‘Don’t see any more visions!’
They say to the prophets,
    ‘Don’t give us any more visions of what is right!
Tell us pleasant things.
    Prophesy things we want to hear even if they aren’t true.
¹¹ Get out of our way!
    Get off our path!
    Keep the Holy One of Israel away from us!’ ”

“You have turned your backs on what I have said.
    You have depended on telling people lies.
    You have crushed others.
¹³ Those sins are like cracks in a high wall.
    They get bigger and bigger.
Suddenly the wall breaks apart.
    Then it quickly falls down.
¹⁴ It breaks into small pieces like a clay pot.
    It breaks up completely.
Not one piece is left big enough
    for taking coals from a fireplace.
    Not one piece is left for dipping water out of a well.”