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Isaiah 28:13 Cross-References
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“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 (KJV)
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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. God ironically uses the mockers' own baby-talk (v.10) against them. Since they ridiculed His patient, incremental teaching, that same word becomes their judgment. The repetition precept upon precept, line upon line, here a little, there a little (identical Hebrew to v.10: tsav la-tsav...qav la-qav...ze'er sham ze'er sham) now carries ominous purpose: that they might go, ...
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Cross-References for Isaiah 28:13
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“which says”
“Go, and tell this people, 'You hear indeed, but don't understand; and you see indeed, but don't perceive.',And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not., וַיֹּאמֶר לֵךְ וְאָמַרְתָּ לָעָם הַזֶּה שִׁמְעוּ שָׁמוֹעַ וְאַל־תָּבִינוּ וּרְאוּ רָאוֹ וְאַל־תֵּדָעוּ׃ ,And He said: Go”
“but on whoever it will fall”
“of Yahweh of Armies our God.”
“but for both houses of Israel”
“speaking in them of these things. In those”
“Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare”
“precept on precept; line on line”
“but for those who are disobedient”
“I have written to him the great things of my law”