Isaiah 28:13-15

Evangelical Heritage Version

¹³ That is why to them the word of the Lord will be:
    Law by law, law by law,
    rule by rule, rule by rule,^[a]
    a little here, a little there.
As a result they will try to walk,
but they will fall backwards.
They will be hurt, trapped, and taken.

¹⁴ So now, hear the word of the Lord, you scoffers,
who rule this people in Jerusalem.
¹⁵ You said:
    We have made a covenant with death,
    an agreement with the grave.^[b]
    When the punishing whip^[c] comes, it will not touch us,
    for we have made lies our refuge,
    and we have hidden ourselves behind falsehood.