SinaiIsaiah 28:13
World English Bible
Therefore Yahweh’s word will be to them precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, fall backward, be broken, be snared, and be taken.
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Isaiah 28:13 in other translations
Therefore shall the word of Jehovah be unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
Isaiah 28:13 in context
- 11But he will speak to this nation with stammering lips and in another language,
- 12to whom he said, “This is the resting place. Give rest to weary,” and “This is the refreshing;” yet they would not hear.
- 13Therefore Yahweh’s word will be to them precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, fall backward, be broken, be snared, and be taken.
- 14Therefore hear Yahweh’s word, you scoffers, that rule this people in Jerusalem:
- 15“Because you have said, ‘We have made a covenant with death, and we are in agreement with Sheol. When the overflowing scourge passes through, it won’t come to us; for we have made lies our refuge, and we have hidden ourselves under falsehood.’ ”