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.

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(A)
so that as they go they will fall backward;
    they will be injured(B) and snared and captured.(C)

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10 We (A)grope for the wall like people who are blind,
We grope like those who have no eyes.
We (B)stumble at midday as in the twilight;
Among those who are healthy we are (C)like the dead.

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10 Like the blind(A) we grope along the wall,
    feeling our way like people without eyes.
At midday we stumble(B) as if it were twilight;
    among the strong, we are like the dead.(C)

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18 (A)Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will crush him.”

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18 Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushed.”(A)

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32 Why? Because they did not pursue it [a]by faith, but as though they could [b]by works. They stumbled over (A)the stumbling stone,

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  1. Romans 9:32 Lit out of
  2. Romans 9:32 Lit out of

32 Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.(A)

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