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10 For [it is] precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little. …

11 For with stammering lips and a strange tongue will he speak to this people;

12 to whom he said, This is the rest: cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing. But they would not hear.

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10 For it is:
    Do this, do that,
    a rule for this, a rule for that[a];
    a little here, a little there.(A)

11 Very well then, with foreign lips and strange tongues(B)
    God will speak to this people,(C)
12 to whom he said,
    “This is the resting place, let the weary rest”;(D)
and, “This is the place of repose”—
    but they would not listen.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 28:10 Hebrew / sav lasav sav lasav / kav lakav kav lakav (probably meaningless sounds mimicking the prophet’s words); also in verse 13