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Isaiah 28:11-13
King James Version
Isaiah 28:11-13
King James Version
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.
13 But the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
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Isaiah 28:11-13
New International Version
Isaiah 28:11-13
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)
Isaiah 28:11-13
English Standard Version
Isaiah 28:11-13
English Standard Version
11 (A)For by people of strange lips
and with a foreign tongue
the Lord will speak to this people,
12 to whom he has said,
(B)“This is rest;
give rest to the weary;
and this is repose”;
yet they would not hear.
13 And 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,
(C)that they may go, and fall backward,
and be broken, and snared, and taken.
Isaiah 28:11-13
Christian Standard Bible
Isaiah 28:11-13
Christian Standard Bible
11 For he will speak to this people
with stammering speech
and in a foreign language.(A)
12 He had said to them,
“This is the place of rest;
let the weary rest;(B)
this is the place of repose.”
But they would not listen.
13 The word of the Lord will come to them:
“Law after law, law after law,
line after line, line after line,
a little here, a little there,”
so they go stumbling backward,
to be broken, trapped, and captured.(C)
Isaiah 28:11-13
New American Standard Bible 1995
Isaiah 28:11-13
New American Standard Bible 1995
11 Indeed, He will speak to this people
Through (A)stammering lips and a foreign tongue,
12 He who said to them, “Here is (B)rest, give rest to the weary,”
And, “Here is repose,” but they would not listen.
13 So the word of the Lord 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 (C)stumble backward, be broken, snared and taken captive.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 28:13 V 10, note 1 The Lord responds to their scoffing by imitating their mockery, to represent the unintelligible language of a conqueror
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