12 He had said to them,
“This is the place of rest;
let the weary rest;(A)
this is the place of repose.”
But they would not listen.

13 The word of the Lord will come to them:
“Law after law, law after law,
line after line, line after line,
a little here, a little there,”
so they go stumbling backward,
to be broken, trapped, and captured.(B)

A Deal with Death

14 Therefore hear the word of the Lord,(C) you scoffers(D)
who rule this people in Jerusalem.

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