Isaiah 30:8-14

The Voice

⁸ So, go on—write all this down on a tablet in their presence;
    inscribe it on a scroll as a permanent record
So people will know about it forever.
⁹ After all, these people are rebellious and distrustful.
    They won’t accept, don’t even pay attention
To what the Eternal has tried to tell them.
¹⁰ They say to those gifted with discernment and insight:
    “Stop with your visions. We’ve had enough of them.”
They say to the prophets, “Tell us only what we’d like to hear;
    save your truth-telling pessimism for someone else.
We want to hear flattery.
¹¹ And for goodness’ sake, stop talking about the Holy One of Israel.
    Get out of the gloomy rut you are in—
Your message is a bit stale—take a different path.”

¹² But the Holy One of Israel says,

Eternal One: Because you refused to accept this truth, My word and purpose,
        and trusted instead in deceit and manipulation, you will fall.
¹³     Your wrongdoing, your misplaced confidence and web of lies,
        will be your undoing.
    Like a breach in a wall that bulges out and suddenly gives way,
        your façade will come crashing down in an instant.
¹⁴     Your destruction will be as complete
        as when someone savagely smashes a piece of pottery.
    There won’t be even a single piece big enough
        to scoop an ember from the fire or skim a sip of water from a cistern.