Isaiah 28:12-14
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
12 to whom he said:
“This is the resting place,
give rest to the weary;
And this is the place of repose”—
but they refused to hear.(A)
13 So for them the word of the Lord shall be:
“Command on command, command on command,
Rule on rule, rule on rule,
here a little, there a little!”
So that when they walk, they shall stumble backward,
broken, ensnared, and captured.(B)
14 Therefore, hear the word of the Lord, you scoffers,
who rule[a] this people in Jerusalem:(C)
Footnotes
- 28:14 Who rule: there is a play on words; the same expression could also mean, “Proverb makers,” that is, scoffers of this people.
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