Isaiah 28:10 “For they hear: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on…”

Isaiah 28:10

For they hear: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:

World English Bible

For it is precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little.

American Standard Version

For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little.

Geneva Bible 1599

For precept must be vpon precept, precept vpon precept, line vnto line, line vnto line, there a litle, and there a litle.

Darby Translation

For [it is] precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little. ...

Young's Literal Translation

For rule [is] on rule, rule on rule, line on line, line on line, A little here, a little there,

Bible in Basic English

For it is one rule after another; one line after another; here a little, there a little.

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Cross references

“For precept”

Isaiah 28:13 2 Timothy 3:7 Jeremiah 11:7 Jeremiah 25:3–7 Hebrews 5:12 Isaiah 5:4

Isaiah 28:13 · BSB

Then the word of the LORD to them will become: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there,” so that they will go stumbling backward and will be injured, ensnared, and captu…

2 Timothy 3:7 · BSB

who are always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.

Jeremiah 11:7 · BSB

For from the time I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt until today, I strongly warned them again and again, saying, ‘Obey My voice.’

Jeremiah 25:3–7 · BSB

“From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day—twenty-three years—the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened.

Hebrews 5:12 · BSB

Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to reteach you the basic principles of God’s word. You need milk, not solid food!

Isaiah 5:4 · BSB

What more could have been done for My vineyard than I have done for it? Why, when I expected sweet grapes, did it bring forth sour fruit?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9Whom is He trying to teach? To whom is He explaining His message? To infants just weaned from milk? To babies removed from the breast?

11Indeed, with mocking lips and foreign tongues, He will speak to this people

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