Isaiah 30:13 (ASV)

Passage

therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly in an instant.

Nearby Context

Isaiah 30:11 get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.

Isaiah 30:12 Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and rely thereon;

Isaiah 30:13 therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly in an instant.

Isaiah 30:14 And he shall break it as a potter`s vessel is broken, breaking it in pieces without sparing; so that there shall not be found among the pieces thereof a sherd wherewith to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out of the cistern.

Isaiah 30:15 For thus said the Lord Jehovah, 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:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "therefore", "iniquity", "shall", "breach", "ready", "fall", "swelling", and "high". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "therefore" and "iniquity", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of..." into verse 14's "And he shall break it as a...", so "therefore" and "iniquity" belong inside that flow. In Isaiah context, the local focus is the Holy One of Israel, judgment and restoration, the servant of the LORD, and Zion's hope.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "therefore" and "iniquity" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.