Isaiah 28:13
Then the word of the LORD to them will become: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there,” so that they will go stumbling backward and will be injured, ensnared, and captured.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
14Therefore hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.
Cross References
Psalms 69:22May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.
Isaiah 6:10Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”
Isaiah 8:15Many will stumble over these; they will fall and be broken; they will be ensnared and captured.”
Jeremiah 23:36But refer no more to the burden of the LORD, for each man’s word becomes the burden, so that you pervert the words of the living God, the LORD of Hosts, our God.
Hosea 8:12Though I wrote for them the great things of My law, they regarded them as something strange.
Matthew 21:44He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”
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 →