Isaiah 28:10

For it is one rule after another; one line after another; here a little, there a little.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:

In Context

9To whom will he give knowledge? and to whom will he make clear the word? Will it be to those who have newly given up milk, and who have only now been taken from the breast?

11No, but with broken talk, and with a strange tongue, he will give his word to this people:

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:15And the Lord, the God of their fathers, sent word to them by his servants, sending early and frequently, because he had pity on his people and on his living-place;

Isaiah 5:4Is there anything which might have been done for my vine-garden which I have not done? why then, when I was hoping for the best grapes did it give me common grapes?

Jeremiah 11:7For I gave certain witness to your fathers on the day when I took them up out of the land of Egypt, and even to this day, getting up early and witnessing and saying, Give ear to my voice.

Matthew 21:34And when the time for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the workmen, to get the fruit.

2 Timothy 3:7Ever learning, and never coming to the knowledge of what is true.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 28:10-14

The Degeneracy of Judah. ( b. c. 725.) 9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. 10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: 11 For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. 12 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.… Read the whole commentary →

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