10 For it is:
    Do this, do that,
    a rule for this, a rule for that[a];
    a little here, a little there.(A)

11 Very well then, with foreign lips and strange tongues(B)
    God will speak to this people,(C)
12 to whom he said,
    “This is the resting place, let the weary rest”;(D)
and, “This is the place of repose”—
    but they would not listen.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 28:10 Hebrew / sav lasav sav lasav / kav lakav kav lakav (probably meaningless sounds mimicking the prophet’s words); also in verse 13

28 “Come to me,(A) all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.(B) 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,(C) for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.(D) 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”(E)

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