Day 30

Isaiah 30:15-18

The LORD waits to be gracious

15 For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel,

“In returning and rest you shall be saved;

    in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.”

But you were unwilling, 16 and you said,

“No! We will flee upon horses”;

    therefore you shall flee away;

and, “We will ride upon swift steeds”;

    therefore your pursuers shall be swift.

17 A thousand shall flee at the threat of one;

    at the threat of five you shall flee,

till you are left

    like a flagstaff on the top of a mountain,

    like a signal on a hill.

The Lord Will Be Gracious

18 Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you,

    and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you.

For the Lord is a God of justice;

    blessed are all those who wait for him. ESV