Isaiah 28:13

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Summary

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.

Precept upon precept

That

General references

Jeremiah 5:4

Bible References

Precept upon precept

For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little.

And the burden of Jehovah shall ye mention no more: for every man's own word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of Jehovah of hosts our God.

Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.

I wrote for him the ten thousand things of my law; but they are counted as a strange thing.

That

And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.

And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Let their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, let it become a trap.

And unto them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive:

And he that falleth on this stone shall be broken to pieces: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust.

And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, And a stumblingblock, and a recompense unto them:

to the one a savor from death unto death; to the other a savor from life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?

For you therefore that believe is the preciousness: but for such as disbelieve, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner;

as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; wherein are some things hard to be understood, which the ignorant and unstedfast wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

General references

Then I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, nor the law of their God: