14 Then He will become a (A)sanctuary;
But to both houses of Israel, He will be a (B)stone of stumbling and a rock [a]of offense,
And a snare and a (C)trap for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
15 Many (D)will stumble over them,
Then they will fall and be broken;
They will be snared and caught.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 8:14 Or to trip on

13 So the word of the Lord to them will be,
[a]Order on order, order on order,
Line on line, line on line,
A little here, a little there,”
That they may go and (A)stumble backward, be broken, snared, and taken captive.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 28:13 See note v 10. The Lord responds to their scoffing by imitating their mockery, to represent the unintelligible language of a conqueror.

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