10. So they make fun of the Lord’s prophet and say:“A command here, a command there.A rule here, a rule there.A lesson here, a lesson there.”
11. So the Lord will use strange words and foreign languagesto speak to these people.
12. God said to them,“Here is a place of rest.Let the tired people come and rest.This is the place of peace.”But the people would not listen.
13. So the words of the Lord will be,“A command here, a command there.A rule here, a rule there.A lesson here, a lesson there.”They will fall back and will be defeated.They will be trapped and captured.
14. You who brag should listen to the Lord’s message.Pay attention, you leaders in Jerusalem.
15. You say, “We have made an agreement with death.We have a contract with death.When punishment passes by,it won’t hurt us.We will be safe with our lies.We will hide behind our tricks.”
16. Because of these things, this is what the Lord God says:“I will put a stone in the ground in Jerusalem.This will be a tested stone.Everything will be built on this important and precious rock.Anyone who trusts in it will never be disappointed.
17. I will use justice as a measuring line.I will use goodness to measure by.The lies you hide behind will be destroyed as if by hail.They will be washed away as if in a flood.