American Standard Version
"For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little. "
— Isaiah 28:10, American Standard Version
“For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:”
“For it is precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little.”
“Indeed, they will hear meaningless gibberish, senseless babbling, a syllable here, a syllable there.”
“For command, command again; command, command again; expect, expect again; a little there, a little there.”
“For it is one rule after another; one line after another; here a little, there a little.”
“For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:”
And even these reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they stagger with strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean.
Whom will he teach knowledge? and whom will he make to understand the message? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts?
For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little.
Nay, but bymen of strange lips and with another tongue will he speak to this people;
to whom he said, This is the rest, give ye rest to him that is weary; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
Therefore shall the word of Jehovah be unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.