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11 With derisive speech and a foreign tongue,
    he will speak to this people.
12 He has said to them,
    “This is the place of rest;
    give rest to the weary;
    this is the place of repose”;
        but they refused to listen.
13 So the Lord’s word will be for them:
    “tsav letsav, tsav letsav; qav leqav, qav leqav,”
    a little of this, a little of that.
So that they will go and stagger backward,
    they will be broken, snared, and captured.

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11 Very well then, with foreign lips and strange tongues(A)
    God will speak to this people,(B)
12 to whom he said,
    “This is the resting place, let the weary rest”;(C)
and, “This is the place of repose”—
    but they would not listen.
13 So then, the word of the Lord to them will become:
    Do this, do that,
    a rule for this, a rule for that;
    a little here, a little there(D)
so that as they go they will fall backward;
    they will be injured(E) and snared and captured.(F)

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