Isaiah 28:10

For it is command upon command, command upon command; rule upon rule, rule upon rule; 1 here a little, there a little. 1

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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 teach knowledge, and to whom will he explain the message? 1 To those who are weaned from milk or to those just taken from the breasts? 1

11Indeed, with mocking lips and a foreign tongue he will speak to this people. 1

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:15Yahweh, the God of their ancestors, sent word to them by his messengers again and again, because he had compassion on his people and on the place where he lives.

Isaiah 5:4What more could have been done for my vineyard, that I have not done for it? 1 When I looked for it to produce grapes, why did it produce wild grapes? 1

Jeremiah 11:7For I have been giving solemn commands to your ancestors from the day I brought them up from the land of Egypt until this present time, persistently warning them and saying, “Listen to my voice.”'

Matthew 21:34When the time of the fruit harvest approached, he sent some servants to the vine growers to get his fruit.

2 Timothy 3:7These women are always learning, but they are never able to come to the 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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