Isaiah 27:6-28:13

New American Standard Bible

^6 [a]In the days to come Jacob ^(A)will take root,
Israel will ^(B)blossom and sprout,
And they will fill the ^[b]whole world with ^(C)fruit.

⁷ Like the striking of Him who has struck them, has ^(D)He struck them?
Or like the slaughter of His slain, ^[c]have they been slain?
⁸ You contended with them ^[d]by banishing them, by ^(E)driving them away.
With His fierce wind He has expelled them on the day of the ^(F)east wind.
⁹ Therefore through this Jacob’s wrongdoing will be ^(G)forgiven;
And this will be ^[e]the full price of the ^[f](H)pardoning of his sin:
When he makes all the ^(I)altar stones like pulverized chalk stones;
When ^[g]Asherim and incense altars will not stand.
¹⁰ For the fortified city is ^(J)isolated,
A ^[h]homestead deserted and abandoned like the desert;
^(K)There the calf will graze,
And there it will lie down and ^[i]feed on its branches.
¹¹ When its ^(L)limbs are dry, they are broken off;
Women come and make a fire with them,
For they are not a people of ^(M)discernment,
Therefore ^(N)their Maker ^(O)will not have compassion on them.
And their Creator will not be gracious to them.

⁹ “To ^(AM)whom would He teach knowledge,
And to whom would He interpret the message?
Those just ^(AN)weaned from milk?
Those just taken from the breast?
¹⁰ For He says,
‘^[r](AO)Order on order, order on order,
Line on line, line on line,
A little here, a little there.’”
¹¹ Indeed, He will speak to this people
Through ^(AP)stammering lips and a foreign tongue,
¹² He who said to them, “This is the ^(AQ)place of quiet, give rest to the weary,”
And, “This is the resting place,” but they would not listen.
¹³ So the word of the Lord to them will be,
“^[s]Order on order, order on order,
Line on line, line on line,
A little here, a little there,”
That they may go and ^(AR)stumble backward, be broken, snared, and taken captive.