Isaiah 28:10 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“For precept {must be} upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, {and} there a little: {must be: or, hath been}”

Isaiah 28:10

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For all tables are full of vomit {and} filthiness, {so that there is} no place {clean}.

Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? {them that are} weaned from the milk, {and} drawn from the breasts. {doctrine: Heb. the hearing?}

For precept {must be} upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, {and} there a little: {must be: or, hath been}

For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. {stammering...: Heb. stammerings of lip} {will...: or, he hath spoken}

To whom he said, This {is} the rest {wherewith} ye may cause the weary to rest; and this {is} the refreshing: yet they would not hear.

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Isaiah 28:1

"Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty {is} a fading flower, which {are} on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine! {overcome: Heb. broken}"

Isaiah 28:2

"Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, {which} as a tempest of hail {and} a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand."

Isaiah 28:3

"The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet: {under...: Heb. with feet}"

Isaiah 28:4

"And the glorious beauty, which {is} on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, {and} as the hasty fruit before the summer; which {when} he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up. {eateth: Heb. swalloweth}"

Isaiah 28:5

"In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people,"

Isaiah 28:6

"And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate."

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