Isaiah 30:15-17

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁵ For the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, has said:
‘You will be delivered by returning and resting;
your strength will lie in quiet confidence.
But you are not willing.’
¹⁶ You say, ‘No!
We will escape on horses’ –
therefore you will escape! –
and, ‘We will ride on fast horses’ –
but those who pursue you will be faster.^(A)
17 One thousand will flee at the threat of one,^(B)
at the threat of five you will flee,
until you remain
like a solitary pole on a mountaintop
or a banner on a hill.