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a little here, a little there.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/isaiah/28.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />He tells us everything over and over— one line at a time, one line at a time, a little here, and a little there!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/28.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/28.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />For they hear: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/28.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For precept <i>must be</i> upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, <i>and</i> there a little:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/28.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For precept <i>must be</i> upon precept, precept upon precept, Line upon line, line upon line, Here a little, there a little.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/28.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“For <i>He says,</i> ‘Order on order, order on order, Line on line, line on line, A little here, a little there.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/28.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220For He says, &#8216Order on order, order on order, Line on line, line on line, A little here, a little there.&#8217&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/28.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“For <i>He says,</i> ‘Order on order, order on order, Line on line, line on line, A little here, a little there.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/28.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For <i>He says</i>, ‘Order on order, order on order, Line on line, line on line, A little here, a little there.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/28.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“For <i>He says</i>, ‘Precept upon precept, precept upon precept, Rule upon rule, rule upon rule, Here a little, there a little.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/28.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Law after law, law after law, line after line, line after line, a little here, a little there.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/28.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For he says: &#8220Law after law, law after law, line after line, line after line, a little here, a little there.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/28.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/28.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You don't even listen--all you hear is senseless sound after senseless sound. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/28.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/28.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />They speak utter nonsense. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/28.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />He is trying to teach us letter by letter, line by line, lesson by lesson." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/28.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />For it is: "Do this and do that, do this and do that, Line upon line, line upon line, a little here, a little there."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/28.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For they hear: ?Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/28.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Indeed, they will hear meaningless gibberish, senseless babbling, a syllable here, a syllable there. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/28.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For it is precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/28.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/28.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For it is precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/28.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />For rule on rule, rule on rule, "" Line on line, line on line, "" A little here, a little there,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/28.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For rule is on rule, rule on rule, line on line, line on line, A little here, a little there,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/28.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For precept to precept, precept to precept; line to line, line to line; a little there, a little there:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/28.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For command, command again; command, command again; expect, expect again; expect, expect again: a little there, a little there. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/28.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />So then: command, and command again; command, and command again; expect, and expect again; a little here, and a little there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/28.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />For he says, ‘Command on command, command on command, rule on rule, rule on rule, here a little, there a little!’ ” <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/28.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/28.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For filth is upon filth, filth upon filth; vomit upon vomit, vomit upon vomit; a little here, a little there;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/28.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because reply on reply and reply on reply and answer on answer and answer on answer, a little here and a little there<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/28.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For it is precept by precept, precept by precept, Line by line, line by line; Here a little, there a little.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/28.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Except thou affliction on affliction, hope upon hope: yet a little, <i>and</i> yet a little,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/28-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=5649" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/28.htm">Judgment on Ephraim</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">9</span>Whom is He trying to teach? To whom is He explaining His message? To infants just weaned from milk? To babies removed from the breast? <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For they hear:</a> <a href="/hebrew/6673.htm" title="6673: ṣaw (N-ms) -- Perhaps command. Or tsav; from tsavah; an injunction.">“Order</a> <a href="/hebrew/6673.htm" title="6673: lā·ṣāw (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Perhaps command. Or tsav; from tsavah; an injunction.">on order,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6673.htm" title="6673: ṣaw (N-ms) -- Perhaps command. Or tsav; from tsavah; an injunction.">order</a> <a href="/hebrew/6673.htm" title="6673: lā·ṣāw (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Perhaps command. Or tsav; from tsavah; an injunction.">on order,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6957.htm" title="6957: qaw (N-ms) -- Or qav; from qavah; a cord, especially for measuring; figuratively, a rule; also a rim, a musical string or accord.">line</a> <a href="/hebrew/6957.htm" title="6957: lā·qāw (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Or qav; from qavah; a cord, especially for measuring; figuratively, a rule; also a rim, a musical string or accord.">on line,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6957.htm" title="6957: qaw (N-ms) -- Or qav; from qavah; a cord, especially for measuring; figuratively, a rule; also a rim, a musical string or accord.">line</a> <a href="/hebrew/6957.htm" title="6957: lā·qāw (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Or qav; from qavah; a cord, especially for measuring; figuratively, a rule; also a rim, a musical string or accord.">on line;</a> <a href="/hebrew/2191.htm" title="2191: zə·‘êr (N-ms) -- A little. From an unused root (by permutation) to tsa'ar), meaning to dwindle; small.">a little</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: šām (Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">here,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2191.htm" title="2191: zə·‘êr (N-ms) -- A little. From an unused root (by permutation) to tsa'ar), meaning to dwindle; small.">a little</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: šām (Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">there.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>Indeed, with mocking lips and foreign tongues, He will speak to this people…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/13-13.htm">Matthew 13:13-15</a></span><br />This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’ / In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. / For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/14-21.htm">1 Corinthians 14:21</a></span><br />It is written in the Law: “By strange tongues and foreign lips I will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to Me, says the Lord.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/5-12.htm">Hebrews 5:12-14</a></span><br />Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to reteach you the basic principles of God’s word. You need milk, not solid food! / For everyone who lives on milk is still an infant, inexperienced in the message of righteousness. / But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/3-7.htm">2 Timothy 3:7</a></span><br />who are always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/16-12.htm">John 16:12-13</a></span><br />I still have much to tell you, but you cannot yet bear to hear it. / However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/4-33.htm">Mark 4:33-34</a></span><br />With many such parables Jesus spoke the word to them, to the extent that they could understand. / He did not tell them anything without using a parable. But privately He explained everything to His own disciples.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-1.htm">1 Corinthians 3:1-2</a></span><br />Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ. / I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact, you are still not ready,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-8.htm">Romans 11:8</a></span><br />as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/3-16.htm">2 Peter 3:16</a></span><br />He writes this way in all his letters, speaking in them about such matters. Some parts of his letters are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/8-10.htm">Luke 8:10</a></span><br />He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, ‘though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/6-10.htm">Jeremiah 6:10</a></span><br />To whom can I give this warning? Who will listen to me? Look, their ears are closed, so they cannot hear. See, the word of the LORD has become offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/8-12.htm">Hosea 8:12</a></span><br />Though I wrote for them the great things of My law, they regarded them as something strange.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/119-130.htm">Psalm 119:130</a></span><br />The unfolding of Your words gives light; it informs the simple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/1-5.htm">Proverbs 1:5</a></span><br />let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-49.htm">Deuteronomy 28:49</a></span><br />The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For precept must be on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, and there a little:</p><p class="hdg">for precept</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/28-13.htm">Isaiah 28:13</a></b></br> But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, <i>and</i> there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/5-4.htm">Isaiah 5:4</a></b></br> What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/6-1.htm">Deuteronomy 6:1-6</a></b></br> Now these <i>are</i> the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do <i>them</i> in the land whither ye go to possess it: … </p><p class="hdg">must be.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/14-31.htm">Line</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-11.htm">Order</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-19.htm">Precept</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-13.htm">Rule</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/28-13.htm">Line</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-13.htm">Order</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-13.htm">Precept</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-13.htm">Rule</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 28</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/28-1.htm">The prophet threatens Ephraim for their pride and drunkenness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/28-5.htm">The residue shall be advanced in the kingdom of Christ</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/28-7.htm">He rebukes their error</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/28-9.htm">Their unwillingness to learn</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/28-14.htm">And their security</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/28-16.htm">Christ the sure foundation is promised</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/28-17.htm">Their security shall be tried</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/28-23.htm">They are incited to the consideration of God's providence</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/28.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/isaiah/28.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>For they hear:</b><br>This phrase introduces the mocking tone of the leaders in Jerusalem, who are dismissive of Isaiah's message. The context is a rebuke to the leaders who are complacent and arrogant, believing they are secure in their own wisdom and alliances. Historically, this reflects a time when Judah was under threat from Assyria, and the leaders were seeking political solutions rather than relying on God.<p><b>“Order on order, order on order,</b><br>This repetition emphasizes the tediousness and simplicity with which the leaders perceive Isaiah's teachings. They mock the prophet's message as if it were mere elementary instruction. The phrase suggests a disdain for the prophetic word, which they see as beneath their sophisticated understanding. This reflects a broader biblical theme where God's wisdom is often dismissed by those who consider themselves wise (<a href="/1_corinthians/1-18.htm">1 Corinthians 1:18-25</a>).<p><b>line on line, line on line;</b><br>Similar to the previous phrase, this repetition underscores the leaders' scorn. They view the prophetic message as monotonous and overly simplistic. This mirrors the attitude of many throughout biblical history who have rejected God's word as foolishness. The phrase can also be seen as a critique of those who fail to grasp the deeper spiritual truths in God's instructions, preferring instead to rely on their own interpretations.<p><b>a little here, a little there.”</b><br>This phrase indicates the piecemeal manner in which the leaders believe Isaiah's teachings are delivered. It suggests a lack of coherence or depth, as if the prophet's words are scattered and insignificant. This reflects a common biblical theme where God's messages are often given in parts, requiring faith and discernment to understand fully (<a href="/isaiah/28-13.htm">Isaiah 28:13</a>). It also foreshadows the New Testament principle of spiritual growth, where believers are encouraged to build precept upon precept in their understanding of God's word (<a href="/hebrews/5-12.htm">Hebrews 5:12-14</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, Isaiah is the author of the book bearing his name. He prophesied to the Kingdom of Judah during a time of moral and spiritual decline.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which was often warned by prophets like Isaiah to return to God and follow His commandments.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/e/ephraim.htm">Ephraim</a></b><br>Refers to the northern kingdom of Israel, often used symbolically for the entire northern kingdom, which was facing judgment for its disobedience.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/a/assyria.htm">Assyria</a></b><br>A powerful empire during Isaiah's time, often used by God as an instrument of judgment against Israel and Judah.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_priests_and_prophets_of_judah.htm">The Priests and Prophets of Judah</a></b><br>The religious leaders who were supposed to guide the people in righteousness but were often criticized by Isaiah for their failure to do so.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_god's_word_requires_maturity.htm">Understanding God's Word Requires Maturity</a></b><br>Just as children learn incrementally, spiritual growth requires consistent study and application of God's Word.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/b/beware_of_superficial_religion.htm">Beware of Superficial Religion</a></b><br>The repetitive "do this, do that" highlights the danger of following religious rituals without understanding or heart change.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_patience_and_judgment.htm">God's Patience and Judgment</a></b><br>God provides His teachings "a little here, a little there," showing His patience, but ignoring His Word leads to judgment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_spiritual_discernment.htm">The Importance of Spiritual Discernment</a></b><br>Believers must seek deeper understanding and not be content with surface-level knowledge of Scripture.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_leaders_in_spiritual_growth.htm">The Role of Leaders in Spiritual Growth</a></b><br>Religious leaders are called to guide others in understanding God's Word, not just enforce rules.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_28.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 28</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_precept_ministries.htm">What is Precept Ministries International?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_studying_the_bible_preceptually.htm">What does studying the Bible precept upon precept mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'formless_and_void'_mean.htm">What does studying the Bible precept upon precept mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_is_j._vernon_mcgee.htm">Who is J. Vernon McGee?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/28.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">For precept must be upon precept</span>; rather, <span class="accented">for it is precept upon precept</span> (Lowth, Cheyne). The whole teaching is nothing but an accumulation of precept upon precept, rule upon rule, one little injunction followed up by another, here a little, there a little. The objectors profess to find in the prophet's teaching nothing grand, nothing broad - no enunciation of great leading principles; but a perpetual drizzling rain of petty maxims and rules, vexatious, cramping, confining; especially unsuitable to men Who had had the training of priests and prophets, and could have appreciated a grand theory, or a new religious standpoint, but were simply revolted at a teaching which seemed to them narrow, childish, and wearisome. It has been said that in the language of this passage "we may hear the heavy babbling utterance of the drunken scoffers" (Delitzsch); but in this we have perhaps an over-refinement. Isaiah probably gives us, not what his adversaries said of him over their cups, but the best arguments which they could hit on in their sober hours to depreciate his doe-trine. The arguments must be allowed to be clever. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/28-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">For [He says],</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“Order</span><br /><span class="heb">צַ֤ו</span> <span class="translit">(ṣaw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6673.htm">Strong's 6673: </a> </span><span class="str2">Perhaps command</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on order,</span><br /><span class="heb">לָצָו֙</span> <span class="translit">(lā·ṣāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6673.htm">Strong's 6673: </a> </span><span class="str2">Perhaps command</span><br /><br /><span class="word">order</span><br /><span class="heb">צַ֣ו</span> <span class="translit">(ṣaw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6673.htm">Strong's 6673: </a> </span><span class="str2">Perhaps command</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on order,</span><br /><span class="heb">לָצָ֔ו</span> <span class="translit">(lā·ṣāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6673.htm">Strong's 6673: </a> </span><span class="str2">Perhaps command</span><br /><br /><span class="word">line</span><br /><span class="heb">קַ֥ו</span> <span class="translit">(qaw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6957.htm">Strong's 6957: </a> </span><span class="str2">A cord, for, measuring, a rule, a rim, a musical string, accord</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on line,</span><br /><span class="heb">לָקָ֖ו</span> <span class="translit">(lā·qāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6957.htm">Strong's 6957: </a> </span><span class="str2">A cord, for, measuring, a rule, a rim, a musical string, accord</span><br /><br /><span class="word">line</span><br /><span class="heb">קַ֣ו</span> <span class="translit">(qaw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6957.htm">Strong's 6957: </a> </span><span class="str2">A cord, for, measuring, a rule, a rim, a musical string, accord</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on line,</span><br /><span class="heb">לָקָ֑ו</span> <span class="translit">(lā·qāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6957.htm">Strong's 6957: </a> </span><span class="str2">A cord, for, measuring, a rule, a rim, a musical string, accord</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a little</span><br /><span class="heb">זְעֵ֥יר</span> <span class="translit">(zə·‘êr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2191.htm">Strong's 2191: </a> </span><span class="str2">A little</span><br /><br /><span class="word">here,</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(šām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8033.htm">Strong's 8033: </a> </span><span class="str2">There, then, thither</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a little</span><br /><span class="heb">זְעֵ֥יר</span> <span class="translit">(zə·‘êr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2191.htm">Strong's 2191: </a> </span><span class="str2">A little</span><br /><br /><span class="word">there.”</span><br /><span class="heb">שָֽׁם׃</span> <span class="translit">(šām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8033.htm">Strong's 8033: </a> </span><span class="str2">There, then, thither</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/28-10.htm">Isaiah 28:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/28-10.htm">Isaiah 28:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/28-10.htm">Isaiah 28:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/28-10.htm">Isaiah 28:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/28-10.htm">Isaiah 28:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/28-10.htm">Isaiah 28:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/28-10.htm">Isaiah 28:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/28-10.htm">Isaiah 28:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/28-10.htm">Isaiah 28:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/28-10.htm">Isaiah 28:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/28-10.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 28:10 For it is precept on precept precept (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/28-9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 28:9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 28:9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/28-11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 28:11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 28:11" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>