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Isaiah 28:13 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 28 · verse 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.Isaiah 28:13 · King James Version
Isaiah 28:13 in context
11For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.
12To 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.
13But 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.
14Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- backwardʼâchôwrthe hinder partH268 →
- precepttsavan injunctionH6673 →
- littlezᵉʻêyrsmallH2191 →
- brokenshâbarto burstH7665 →
- snaredyâqôshto ensnareH3369 →
- worddâbâra wordH1697 →
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The prophet here complains of the wretched stupidity of this people, that they were unteachable and made no improvement of the means of grace which they possessed; they still continued as they were, their mistakes not rectified, their hearts not renewed, nor their lives reformed. Observe, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-13