Isaiah 28:10

For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept, Command upon command, command upon command, A little here, and a little there.”

Noyes Bible

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

9“Whom,” say they, “will he teach knowledge, And to whom will he impart instruction? To the weaned from the milk? To those just taken from the breast?

11Yea, with stammering lips and a strange tongue He shall indeed speak to this people;

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Cross References

Isaiah 5:4What could have been done for my vineyard That I have not done for it? Why, then, when I looked that it should bring forth its grapes, Brought it forth sour grapes?

Jeremiah 11:7For I have earnestly admonished your fathers, From the time when I brought them up from the land of Egypt to this day, Rising early and admonishing them, saying, “Obey ye my voice!”

Matthew 21:34And when the season of the fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive his fruits.

2 Timothy 3:7ever learning, and never able to come to the full knowledge of the truth.

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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