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 8:15 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional And many among them shall stumble; they shall fall and be broken; they shall be snared and taken. Higit pang mga bersyonKing 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. |
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.
therefore thus says the Lord God, See, I am laying in Zion a foundation stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation: “One who trusts will not panic.”
We grope like the blind along a wall, groping like those who have no eyes; we stumble at noon as in the twilight, among the vigorous as though we were dead.
and will eat curds because of the abundance of milk that they give; for everyone that is left in the land shall eat curds and honey.
Therefore thus says the Lord: See, I am laying before this people stumbling blocks against which they shall stumble; parents and children together, neighbor and friend shall perish.
Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if one blind person guides another, both will fall into a pit.”
The one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and it will crush anyone on whom it falls.”
Because of this many of his disciples turned back and no longer went about with him.
Why not? Because they did not strive for it on the basis of faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone,
but we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,