Isa 28:13 | HCSB | STEP | Then the word of the Lord came 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 .

‏ Isaiah 28:13

13 Then the word of the Lord came to them:
“Law after law, law after law,
line after line, line after line,
a little here, a little there,” ^{▼▼Hb obscure
,} ^{▼▼The Lord quotes the mockers' words in v. 10 to represent the unintelligible language of the Assyrian invaders.}
so they go stumbling backward,
to be broken, trapped, and captured. ^c