Isaiah 28:13
And to whom a word of YHWH has been, || Rule on rule, rule on rule, || Line on line, line on line, || A little here, a little there, || So that they go and have stumbled backward, || And been broken, and snared, and captured.
Literal Standard Version
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In Context
14Therefore, hear a word of YHWH, you men of scorning, || Ruling this people that [is] in Jerusalem.
Cross References
Psalms 69:22Their table before them is for a snare, || And for a repayment—for a trap.
Isaiah 6:10Declare the heart of this people fat, || And declare its ears heavy, || And declare its eyes dazzled, || Lest it see with its eyes, || And hear with its ears, and consider with its heart, || And it has turned back, and has health.”
Isaiah 8:15And many among them have stumbled and fallen, || And been broken, and snared, and captured.”
Jeremiah 23:36And you do not mention the burden of YHWH anymore, || For the burden to each is His word, || And you have overturned the words of the living God, YHWH of Hosts, our God.
Hosea 8:12I write for him numerous things of My law, || As a strange thing they have been reckoned.
Matthew 21:44and he who is falling on this stone will be broken, and on whomsoever it may fall it will crush him to pieces.”
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 →