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Isaiah 28:11-17
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Isaiah 28:11-17
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
11 Truly, with stammering lip
and with another tongue
he will speak to this people,(A)
12 to whom he has said,
“This is rest;
give rest to the weary,
and this is repose,”
yet they would not hear.(B)
13 Therefore the word of the Lord will be to them,
“Precept upon precept, precept upon precept,
line upon line, line upon line,
here a little, there a little,”[a]
in order that they may go and fall backward
and be broken and snared and taken.(C)
14 Therefore hear the word of the Lord, you scoffers
who rule this people in Jerusalem.(D)
15 Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death,
and with Sheol we have an agreement;
when the overwhelming scourge passes through
it will not come to us,
for we have made lies our refuge,
and in falsehood we have taken shelter”;(E)
16 therefore thus says the Lord God,
“See, I am laying[b] in Zion a foundation stone,
a tested stone,
a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation:
‘One who trusts will not panic.’(F)
17 And I will make justice the line
and righteousness the plummet;
hail will sweep away the refuge of lies,
and waters will overwhelm the shelter.(G)
Isaiah 28:11-17
New International Version
Isaiah 28:11-17
New International Version
11 Very well then, with foreign lips and strange tongues(A)
God will speak to this people,(B)
12 to whom he said,
“This is the resting place, let the weary rest”;(C)
and, “This is the place of repose”—
but they would not listen.
13 So then, the word of the Lord to them will become:
Do this, do that,
a rule for this, a rule for that;
a little here, a little there(D)—
so that as they go they will fall backward;
they will be injured(E) and snared and captured.(F)
14 Therefore hear the word of the Lord,(G) you scoffers(H)
who rule this people in Jerusalem.
15 You boast, “We have entered into a covenant with death,(I)
with the realm of the dead we have made an agreement.
When an overwhelming scourge sweeps by,(J)
it cannot touch us,
for we have made a lie(K) our refuge
and falsehood[a] our hiding place.(L)”
16 So this is what the Sovereign Lord says:
“See, I lay a stone in Zion,(M) a tested stone,(N)
a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation;(O)
the one who relies on it
will never be stricken with panic.(P)
17 I will make justice(Q) the measuring line
and righteousness the plumb line;(R)
hail(S) will sweep away your refuge, the lie,
and water will overflow(T) your hiding place.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 28:15 Or false gods
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