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Isaiah 28:13-15
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Isaiah 28:13-15
Holman Christian Standard Bible
13 Then the word of the Lord came to them:
“Law after law, law after law,
line after line, line after line,
a little here, a little there,”[a][b]
so they go stumbling backward,
to be broken, trapped, and captured.(A)
A Deal with Death
14 Therefore hear the word of the Lord,(B) you mockers(C)
who rule this people in Jerusalem.
15 For you said, “We have cut a deal with Death,
and we have made an agreement with Sheol;
when the overwhelming scourge passes through,(D)
it will not touch us,
because we have made falsehood our refuge
and have hidden behind treachery.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 28:13 Hb obscure
- Isaiah 28:13 The Lord quotes the mockers' words in v. 10 to represent the unintelligible language of the Assyrian invaders.
Isaiah 28:13-15
New International Version
Isaiah 28:13-15
New International Version
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)
14 Therefore hear the word of the Lord,(D) you scoffers(E)
who rule this people in Jerusalem.
15 You boast, “We have entered into a covenant with death,(F)
with the realm of the dead we have made an agreement.
When an overwhelming scourge sweeps by,(G)
it cannot touch us,
for we have made a lie(H) our refuge
and falsehood[a] our hiding place.(I)”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 28:15 Or false gods
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