Isaiah 28:13
“But the word of the Lord was vnto them, precept vpon precept, precept vpon precept, line vpon line, line vpon line, here a litle and there a litle: that they might goe and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.”
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Isaiah 28:13 Context
11For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speake to this people. 12To whom he said, This is the rest wherwith ye may cause the weary to rest, and this is the refreshing, yet they would not heare. 13But the word of the Lord was vnto them, precept vpon precept, precept vpon precept, line vpon line, line vpon line, here a litle and there a litle: that they might goe and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken. 14¶ Wherefore heare the worde of the Lord, yee scornefull men, that rule this people which is in Ierusalem. 15Because ye haue said, Wee haue made a couenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement, when the ouerflowing scourge shall passe thorow, it shall not come vnto vs: for wee haue made lies our refuge, and vnder falsehood haue we hid our selues:
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But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, [and] there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
- King James Version
So the word of the LORD to them will be, "Order on order, order on order, Line on line, line on line, A little here, a little there, That they may go and stumble backward, be broken, snared and taken captive."
- New American Standard Version (1995)