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Isaiah 28:13

Then the word of the LORD to them will become: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there,” so that they will go stumbling backward and will be injured, ensnared, and captured.

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ASV

Therefore shall the word of Jehovah be unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

KJV

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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Original language & word study

23 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְהָיָ֨הve.ha.Yahand it will beH1961 →
לָהֶ֜םla.Hemto them
דְּבַר־de.var-[the] word ofH1697 →
יְהוָ֗הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
צַ֣וtzavcommandH6673 →
לָצָ֞וla.Tzavto [the] commandH6673 →
צַ֤וtzavcommandH6673 →
לָצָו֙la.Tzavto [the] commandH6673 →
קַ֤וkavlineH6957 →
לָקָו֙la.Kavto [the] lineH6957 →
קַ֣וkavlineH6957 →
לָקָ֔וla.Kavto [the] lineH6957 →
זְעֵ֥ירze.'Eira littleH2191 →
שָׁ֖םshamthereH8033 →
זְעֵ֣ירze.'Eira littleH2191 →
שָׁ֑םShamthereH8033 →
לְמַ֨עַןle.Ma.'anso thatH4616 →
יֵלְכ֜וּye.le.Khuthey may goH1980 →
וְכָשְׁל֤וּve.kha.she.Luand they will stumbleH3782 →
אָחוֹר֙'a.chOrbackwardsH268 →
וְנִשְׁבָּ֔רוּve.nish.Ba.ruand they will be brokenH7665 →
וְנוֹקְשׁ֖וּve.nok.Shuand they will be ensnaredH3369 →
וְנִלְכָּֽדוּ׃ פve.nil.Ka.duand they will be capturedH3920 →

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Hebrews 5:12Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to reteach you the basic principles of God’s word. You need milk, not solid food!Matthew 13:14In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.Ezekiel 33:31So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.Psalms 119:165Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your law; nothing can make them stumble.Isaiah 6:9–10And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’Isaiah 28:10For they hear: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there.”Jeremiah 23:36–38But refer no more to the burden of the LORD, for each man’s word becomes the burden, so that you pervert the words of the living God, the LORD of Hosts, our God.Isaiah 8:14–15And He will be a sanctuary—but to both houses of Israel a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, to the dwellers of Jerusalem a trap and a snare.Psalms 69:22May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.2 Peter 3:16He writes this way in all his letters, speaking in them about such matters. Some parts of his letters are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.Matthew 21:44He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”1 Peter 2:7–8To you who believe, then, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”Psalms 70:2May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.Isaiah 8:15Many will stumble over these; they will fall and be broken; they will be ensnared and captured.”Hosea 8:12Though I wrote for them the great things of My law, they regarded them as something strange.Romans 11:9And David says: “May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution to them.Hosea 6:5Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth, and My judgments go forth like lightning.2 Corinthians 2:16To the one, we are an odor of death and demise; to the other, a fragrance that brings life. And who is qualified for such a task?

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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