Therefore the LORD’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 context
Isaiah 28:10–16
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For it is precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little.
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But he will speak to this nation with stammering lips and in another language,
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to whom he said, “This is the resting place. Give rest to the weary,” and “This is the refreshing;” yet they would not hear.
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Therefore the LORD’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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Therefore hear the LORD’s word, you scoffers, that rule this people in Jerusalem:
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