10 “Law after law, law after law,
line after line, line after line,
a little here, a little there.”[a]
11 For he will speak to this people
with stammering speech
and in a foreign language.(A)
12 He had said to them,
“This is the place of rest;
let the weary rest;(B)
this is the place of repose.”
But they would not listen.

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Footnotes

  1. 28:10 Hb obscure, also in v. 13

10 For it is:
    Do this, do that,
    a rule for this, a rule for that[a];
    a little here, a little there.(A)

11 Very well then, with foreign lips and strange tongues(B)
    God will speak to this people,(C)
12 to whom he said,
    “This is the resting place, let the weary rest”;(D)
and, “This is the place of repose”—
    but they would not listen.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 28:10 Hebrew / sav lasav sav lasav / kav lakav kav lakav (probably meaningless sounds mimicking the prophet’s words); also in verse 13