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12 For this reason this is what the Holy One of Israel says:

“You have rejected this message;[a]
you trust instead in your ability to oppress and trick,[b]
and rely on that kind of behavior.[c]
13 So this sin will become your downfall.
You will be like a high wall
that bulges and cracks and is ready to collapse;
it crumbles suddenly, in a flash.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 30:12 tn The sentence actually begins with the word “because.” In the Hebrew text vv. 12-13 are one long sentence.
  2. Isaiah 30:12 tn Heb “and you trust in oppression and cunning.”
  3. Isaiah 30:12 tn Heb “and you lean on it”; NAB “and depend on it.”
  4. Isaiah 30:13 tn The verse reads literally, “So this sin will become for you like a breach ready to fall, bulging on a high wall, the breaking of which comes suddenly, in a flash.” Their sin produces guilt and will result in judgment. Like a wall that collapses their fall will be swift and sudden.

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

“Because you have rejected this message,(B)
    relied on oppression(C)
    and depended on deceit,
13 this sin will become for you
    like a high wall,(D) cracked and bulging,
    that collapses(E) suddenly,(F) in an instant.

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