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12 He who said to them, “Here is (A)rest, give rest to the weary,”
And, “Here is repose,” but they would not listen.
13 So the word of Yahweh to them will be,
[a]Order on order, order on order,
Line on line, line on line,
A little here, a little there,”
That they may go and (B)stumble backward, be broken, snared, and taken captive.

A Cornerstone in Zion

14 Therefore, (C)hear the word of Yahweh, O (D)scoffers,
Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem,

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 28:13 See v 10 note 1, Yahweh responds to their scoffing by imitating their mockery, to represent the unintelligible language of a conqueror