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Isaiah 28:7-13
New American Standard Bible
Isaiah 28:7-13
New American Standard Bible
7 And these also (A)reel with wine and stagger from intoxicating drink:
(B)The priest and (C)the prophet reel with intoxicating drink,
They are confused by wine, they stagger from (D)intoxicating drink;
They reel while [a]having (E)visions,
They stagger when rendering a verdict.
8 For all the tables are full of filthy (F)vomit, without a single clean place.
9 “To (G)whom would He teach knowledge,
And to whom would He interpret the message?
Those just (H)weaned from milk?
Those just taken from the breast?
10 For He says,
‘[b](I)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 (J)stammering lips and a foreign tongue,
12 He who said to them, “This is the (K)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,
“[c]Order on order, order on order,
Line on line, line on line,
A little here, a little there,”
That they may go and (L)stumble backward, be broken, snared, and taken captive.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 28:7 Lit seeing
- Isaiah 28:10 Heb Sav lasav, sav lasav, Kav lakav, kav lakav, Zeer sham, zeer sham. These Hebrew fragments, imitating the babbling of a child, mock the prophet’s preaching.
- Isaiah 28:13 See note v 10. The Lord responds to their scoffing by imitating their mockery, to represent the unintelligible language of a conqueror.
Isaiah 28:7-13
New International Version
Isaiah 28:7-13
New International Version
7 And these also stagger(A) from wine(B)
and reel(C) from beer:
Priests(D) and prophets(E) stagger from beer
and are befuddled with wine;
they reel from beer,
they stagger when seeing visions,(F)
they stumble when rendering decisions.
8 All the tables are covered with vomit(G)
and there is not a spot without filth.
9 “Who is it he is trying to teach?(H)
To whom is he explaining his message?(I)
To children weaned(J) from their milk,(K)
to those just taken from the breast?
10 For it is:
Do this, do that,
a rule for this, a rule for that[a];
a little here, a little there.(L)”
11 Very well then, with foreign lips and strange tongues(M)
God will speak to this people,(N)
12 to whom he said,
“This is the resting place, let the weary rest”;(O)
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(P)—
so that as they go they will fall backward;
they will be injured(Q) and snared and captured.(R)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 28:10 Hebrew / sav lasav sav lasav / kav lakav kav lakav (probably meaningless sounds mimicking the prophet’s words); also in verse 13
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