Therefore the word of the Lord will be to them, “Precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little,” in order that they may go and fall backward and be broken and snared and taken.
Isaiah 28:10 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For it is [His prophets repeating over and over]: precept upon precept, precept upon precept, rule upon rule, rule upon rule; here a little, there a little. American Standard Version (1901) For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little. Common English Bible It is “tsav letsav, tsav letsav; qav leqav, qav leqav,” a little of this, a little of that. Catholic Public Domain Version So then: command, and command again; command, and command again; expect, and expect again; a little here, and a little there. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For command, command again; command, command again; expect, expect again; expect, expect again: a little there, a little there. |
Therefore the word of the Lord will be to them, “Precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little,” in order that they may go and fall backward and be broken and snared and taken.
What more was there to do for my vineyard that I have not done in it? When I expected it to yield grapes, why did it yield rotten grapes?
For I solemnly warned your ancestors when I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, warning them persistently, even to this day, saying, “Obey my voice.”
Finally, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is not troublesome to me, and for you it is a source of steadfastness.
For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic elements of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food,