I tell you, no! But unless you repent,(A) you too will all perish.”

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I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

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30 “Therefore, you Israelites, I will judge each of you according to your own ways, declares the Sovereign Lord. Repent!(A) Turn away from all your offenses; then sin will not be your downfall.(B)

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30 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord God. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.

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I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.

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I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

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10 For it is:
    Do this, do that,
    a rule for this, a rule for that[a];
    a little here, a little there.(A)

11 Very well then, with foreign lips and strange tongues(B)
    God will speak to this people,(C)
12 to whom he said,
    “This is the resting place, let the weary rest”;(D)
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(E)
so that as they go they will fall backward;
    they will be injured(F) and snared and captured.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 28:10 Hebrew / sav lasav sav lasav / kav lakav kav lakav (probably meaningless sounds mimicking the prophet’s words); also in verse 13

10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:

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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