So the word of Adonai is to them ‘precept on precept, precept on precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little.’ So they walk, and fall backward, and are broken, trapped, and captured.
Isaiah 28:10 - Tree of Life Version For it must be ‘precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
So the word of Adonai is to them ‘precept on precept, precept on precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little.’ So they walk, and fall backward, and are broken, trapped, and captured.
What more was there to do for my vineyard that I have not done? Why then, when I expected it to yield good grapes, did it yield worthless grapes?
For I earnestly forewarned your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt until this day, forewarning early and often, saying ‘Listen to My voice!’
Finally, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord! To keep writing the same things to you is not troublesome for me—but for you it is a safeguard.
For although you ought to be teachers by this time, again you need someone to teach you the basics of God’s sayings. You have come to need milk, not solid food.