So the wordof the LORDto them will be, "Orderon order,orderon order,Lineon line,lineon line,A littlehere,a littlethere,"That they may goand stumblebackward,be broken,snaredand takencaptive.
May their tablebeforethem becomea snare;And when they are in peace,[may it become] a trap.
"For [He says], 'Orderon order,orderon order,Lineon line,lineon line,A littlehere,a littlethere.'"
We gropealong the walllike blindmen,We gropelike those who havenoeyes;We stumbleat middayas in the twilight,Among those whoare vigorous[we are] like deadmen.
ThereforeI have hewn[them] in piecesby the prophets;I have slainthem by the wordsof My mouth;And the judgmentson you are [like] the lightthat goesforth.
Though I wrotefor him tenthousand[precepts] of My law,They are regardedas a strangething.
"In their case the prophecyof Isaiahis being fulfilled,which says,YOU WILL KEEPON HEARING,BUT WILL NOT UNDERSTAND;YOU WILL KEEPON SEEING,BUT WILL NOT PERCEIVE;
"And he who fallson thisstonewill be broken to pieces;but on whomeverit falls,it will scatter him like dust."
And Davidsays,"LET THEIR TABLEBECOMEA SNAREAND A TRAP,AND A STUMBLING BLOCKAND A RETRIBUTIONTO THEM.
to the onean aromafrom deathto death,to the otheran aromafrom lifeto life.And whois adequatefor these things?
as alsoin all[his] letters,speakingin them of these things,in whichare some thingshard to understand,whichthe untaughtand unstabledistort,as [they do] alsothe restof the Scriptures,to their owndestruction.
