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11 get out of the way,
    turn aside from the path,
        and stop confronting us with the Holy One of Israel.”[a]

Rejecting God’s Message

12 Therefore, this is what the Holy One of Israel says:

“Because you reject this message,
    and put your trust in oppression and enjoy it,[b]
        and since you rely on it,
13 therefore, for you this sin will become
    like a breach in a high wall that is about to collapse,
        bulging out,
    and whose crash comes suddenly—in an instant.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 30:11 Lit. bring to an end the Holy One from before us.
  2. Isaiah 30:12 Apparent meaning 1QIsaa; MT reads and are perverse

11 Leave this way,(A)
    get off this path,
and stop confronting(B) us
    with the Holy One(C) of Israel!”

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

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

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