Isaiah 30:13 (DBY)

Passage

therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a towering wall, whose breaking shall come 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 Therefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel: Because ye reject this word, and confide in oppression and wilfulness, and depend thereon,

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

Isaiah 30:14 And he shall break it as the breaking of a potter's vessel, that is broken in pieces unsparingly; and in the pieces of it there shall not be found a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to scoop water out of the cistern.

Isaiah 30:15 For thus saith the Lord Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel: In returning and rest shall ye be saved, in quietness and confidence shall be your strength; but ye would not.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "therefore", "iniquity", "shall", "breach", "ready", "fall", "swelling", and "towering". 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 "Therefore thus saith the Holy One of..." into verse 14's "And he shall break it as the...", 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.