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 8:15 - Tree of Life Version Many among them will stumble, fall, and be broken, snared and caught. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And many among them shall stumble thereon; and they shall fall and be broken, and be snared and taken. American Standard Version (1901) And many shall stumble thereon, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken. Common English Bible Many of them will stumble and fall, and be broken, snared, and captured. Catholic Public Domain Version And very many of them will stumble and fall, and they will be broken and entangled and seized. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And very many of them shall stumble and fall, and shall be broken in pieces, and shall be snared and taken. |
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.
Therefore thus says Adonai Elohim: ‘Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a tested stone, a costly cornerstone, a firm foundation— whoever trusts will not flee in haste.
We grope along the wall like the blind. We grope like those with no eyes. We stumble at noon as at twilight. We are like the dead in desolation.
and from the abundant milk they give, he will eat curds— for anyone left in the land will eat curds and honey.
Therefore thus says Adonai: “Look, I am laying before this people stumbling blocks— and against them they will stumble— fathers and the sons together, a neighbor and his friend, and they will perish.”
Leave them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
Whoever falls on this stone will be shattered; but the one upon whom it falls, it will crush him.”
From this time, many of His disciples left and quit walking with Him.
Why? Because they pursued it not by faith, but as if it were from works. They stumbled over the stone of stumbling,
but we proclaim Messiah crucified—a stumbling block to Jewish people and foolishness to Gentile people,