Catholic Public Domain Version
"So then: command, and command again; command, and command again; expect, and expect again; a little here, and a little there."
— Isaiah 28:10, Catholic Public Domain 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 upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, 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:”
Yet truly, these also have been ignorant due to wine, and they have gone astray due to inebriation. The priest and the prophet have been ignorant because of inebriation. They have been absorbed by wine. They have staggered in drunkenness. They have not known the One who sees. They have been ignorant of judgment.
For all the tables have been filled with vomit and filth, so much so that there was no place left.
To whom will he teach knowledge? And to whom will he grant an understanding of what is heard? To those who have been weaned from the milk, who have been pulled away from the breasts.
So then: command, and command again; command, and command again; expect, and expect again; a little here, and a little there.
For with the speech of lips and with a different language, he will speak to this people.
He said to them: “This is my rest. Refresh the weary,” and, “This is my refreshment.” And yet they were unwilling to listen.
And so, the word of the Lord to them will be: “Command, and command again; command, and command again; expect, and expect again; a little here, and a little there,” so that they may go forward and fall backward, and so that they may be broken and ensnared and captured.