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 leftlike a flagstaff on the top of a mountain,like a signal on a hill.
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.
19. For a people shall dwell in Zion, in Jerusalem; you shall weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry. As soon as he hears it, he answers you.