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14 You will be like a clay jar that breaks.
    It breaks into many pieces.
Those pieces will be too small
    to take coals from the fire
    or to get water from a well.”

15 This is what the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, says:

“If you come back to me and trust me, you will be saved.
    If you will be calm and trust me, you will be strong.”
    But you don’t want to do that.
16 You say, “No, we need horses to run away on.”
    So you will run away on horses.
You say, “We will ride away on fast horses.”
    So those who chase you will be fast.

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14 It will break in pieces like pottery,(A)
    shattered so mercilessly
that among its pieces not a fragment will be found
    for taking coals from a hearth
    or scooping water out of a cistern.”

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

“In repentance and rest(D) is your salvation,
    in quietness and trust(E) is your strength,
    but you would have none of it.(F)
16 You said, ‘No, we will flee(G) on horses.’(H)
    Therefore you will flee!
You said, ‘We will ride off on swift horses.’
    Therefore your pursuers will be swift!

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