Chapter 30.
"'Woe to the rebellious children,' saith the Lord, "'that take counsel,
but not of me, "'and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit,
"'that they may add sin to sin, "'that walk to go down into Egypt,
"'and have not asked at my mouth "'to strengthen themselves in the strength of
Pharaoh, "'and to trust in the shadow of Egypt.
"'Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, "'and the trust in the
shadow of Egypt your confusion.
"'For his princes were at Zohan, "'and his ambassadors came to Hanes.
"'They were all ashamed of a people "'that could not profit them, "'nor be unhelped
nor profit, "'but a shame, and also a reproach.
"'The burden of the beasts of the south.
"'Into the land of trouble and anguish, "'from whence come the young and old lion,
"'the viper and fiery flying serpent.
"'They will carry their riches "'upon the shoulders of young asses, "'and their
treasures upon the bunches of camels, "'to a people that shall not profit them.
"'For the Egyptians shall help in vain, "'and to no purpose.
"'Therefore have I cried concerning this.
"'Their strength is to sit still.
"'Now go, write it before them in a table, "'and note it in a book, "'that it may be
for the time to come, "'forever and ever.
"'That this is a rebellious people, "'lying children, "'children that will not
hear the law of the Lord, "'which say to the seers, "'See not,' "'and to the
prophets, "'Prophesy not unto us right things, "'speak unto us smooth things,
"'prophesy deceits, "'get you out of the way, "'turn aside out of the path,
"'cause the Holy One of Israel "'to cease from before us.
"'Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, "'Because ye despise this word,
"'and trust in oppression and perverseness, "'and stay thereon,
"'therefore this iniquity "'shall be to you as a breach ready to fall,
"'swelling out in a high wall, "'whose breaking cometh suddenly "'at an
instant.
"'And he shall break it as the breaking "'of the potter's vessel that is broken in
pieces.
"'He shall not spare.
"'So that there shall not be found "'in the bursting of it, "'assured to take fire
from the hearth, "'or to take water withal out of the pit.
"'For thus saith the Lord God, "'the Holy One of Israel, "'In returning
and rest "'shall ye be saved.
"'In quietness and in confidence "'shall be your strength.
"'And ye would not.
"'But ye said, No, for we will "'flee upon horses.
"'Therefore shall ye flee, and "'we will ride upon the swift.
"'Therefore shall they "'that pursue you be swift.
"'One thousand shall flee "'at the rebuke of one.
"'At the rebuke of five shall ye flee.
"'Shall ye be left as a beacon upon the top "'of a mountain, and as an ensign "'on
a hill.
And therefore will "'the Lord wait, that he may be gracious "'unto you.
And therefore will he "'be exalted, that he may have mercy "'upon you.
For the Lord is "'a God of judgment.
Blessed "'are all they that wait for him.
"'For the people shall dwell in Zion "'at Jerusalem.
Thou shalt "'weep no more.
He will be "'very gracious unto thee at the "'voice of thy cry.
When "'he shall hear it, he will answer thee.
"'And though the Lord give you the bread "'of adversity, and the water of
affliction, "'yet shall not thy "'teachers be removed into a corner "'any more.
But thine eyes shall "'see thy teachers, and thine "'ears shall hear a word behind
thee, "'saying, This is the way.
"'Walk ye in it.
When ye "'turn to the right hand, and when ye turn "'to the left,
ye shall defile "'also the covering of thy graven images "'of silver, and the
ornament of "'thy molten images of gold.
"'Thou shalt cast them away as "'a menstruous cloth.
Thou shalt "'say unto it, Get thee hence.
"'Then shall he give "'the rain of thy seed, that "'thou shalt sow the ground
withal, "'and bread of the increase of the earth, "'and it shall be fat and
plenteous.
"'In that day shall thy "'cattle feed in large pastures.
"'The oxen likewise, "'and the young asses that "'ere the ground, shall eat clean
provender, "'which hath been winnowed "'with the shovel, and with the fan.
"'And there shall be upon every high "'mountain, and upon every high hill,
"'rivers and streams of waters "'in the day of the great slaughter, "'when the
towers fall.
Moreover, "'the light of the moon shall be as the light "'of the sun, and the light
of the sun "'shall be sevenfold, as the light "'of seven days, in the day
that "'the Lord bindeth up the breach of his people, "'and healeth the stroke of
their wound.
"'Behold, the name of "'the Lord cometh from far, "'burning with his anger,
and the "'burden thereof is heavy.
"'His lips are full of indignation, "'and his tongue as a devouring fire.
"'And his breath as an "'overflowing stream shall reach to the midst "'of the
neck, to sift the "'nations with a sieve of vanity.
"'And there shall be a bridle "'in the jaws of the people, "'causing them to err.
"'Ye shall have a song, "'as in the night when a "'holy solemnity is kept,
"'and gladness of heart, as when "'one goeth with a pipe to come into the
"'mountain of the Lord, to the mighty "'one of Israel.
And the Lord "'shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, "'and shall show the
lighting "'down of his arm, with the indignation "'of his anger, and with the
flame "'of a devouring fire, with scattering "'and tempest and hailstones.
"'For through the voice of the Lord "'shall the Assyrian be beaten down,
"'which smote with a rod.
"'And in every place where the grounded "'staff shall pass, which the "'Lord shall
lay upon him, it shall be "'with tabrets and harps, "'and in battles of shaking
will he fight "'with it.
For Tophet is ordained "'of old, yea, for the king "'it is prepared.
He hath made "'it deep and large.
"'The pile thereof is fire, and much "'wood.
The breath of the Lord, "'like a stream of brimstone, "'doth kindle it.'"