Isaiah 28:13
For this cause the word of the Lord will be to them rule after rule, line after line, here a little, there a little; so that they may go on their way, and falling back may be broken, and taken in the net.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
14Give ear then to the word of the Lord, you men of pride, the rulers of this people in Jerusalem:
Cross References
Psalms 69:22\69:21\They gave me poison for my food; and bitter wine for my drink.
Isaiah 6:10Make the hearts of this people fat, and let their ears be stopped, and their eyes shut; for fear that they may see with their eyes, and be hearing with their ears, and their heart may become wise, and they may be turned to me and made well.
Isaiah 8:15And numbers of them, falling on the stone, will be broken, and will be taken in the net.
Jeremiah 23:36And you will no longer put people in mind of the word of weight of the Lord: for every man's word will be a weight on himself; for the words of the living God, of the Lord of armies, our God, have been twisted by you.
Hosea 8:12Though I put my law in writing for him in ten thousand rules, they are to him as a strange thing.
Matthew 21:44Any man falling on this stone will be broken, but he on whom it comes down will be crushed to dust.
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 →