The People Reject God's Word

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Now go, inscribe it on a tablet, write it for them in a scroll, so that on the final day it will be a witness forever and ever.

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For this is a rebellious people; they are lying children, children who refuse to hear the Torah of ADONAI.

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They say to the seers, "Do not see!" to those who have visions, "Do not tell us the visions you have as they really are; but flatter us, fabricate illusions!

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Get out of the way! Leave the path! Rid us of the Holy One of Isra'el!"

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Therefore here is what the Holy One of Isra'el says: "Because you reject this word, trust in extortion and rely on deceit,

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this sin will become for you a crack bulging out high on a wall, showing signs it is ready to fall; then suddenly, all at once, it breaks."

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He will break it like a clay pot, ruthlessly shattering it into pieces so tiny not even a potsherd remains for taking fire from the fireplace or scooping water from the cistern.

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For this is what Adonai ELOHIM, the Holy One of Isra'el, says: "Returning and resting is what will save you; calmness and confidence will make you strong - but you want none of this!

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'No!' you say, 'We will flee on horseback!' Therefore you will surely flee. And, 'We will ride on swift ones!' So your pursuers will be swift.

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A thousand will flee at the threat of one, you all will flee at the threat of five, until you are left isolated, like a flagstaff on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill."

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