Isaiah 28:13
Old Testament • 18 words with Strong's data
"But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken."
Word-by-Word Analysis
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
מִצְוָה
mitsvâh
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
מִצְוָה
mitsvâh
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
מִצְוָה
mitsvâh
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
מִצְוָה
mitsvâh
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
קַו
qav
a cord (as connecting), especially formeasuring; figuratively, a rule; also a rim, a musical string or accord
קַו
qav
a cord (as connecting), especially formeasuring; figuratively, a rule; also a rim, a musical string or accord
קַו
qav
a cord (as connecting), especially formeasuring; figuratively, a rule; also a rim, a musical string or accord
קַו
qav
a cord (as connecting), especially formeasuring; figuratively, a rule; also a rim, a musical string or accord
מְעַט
mᵉʻaṭ
a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)
מְעַט
mᵉʻaṭ
a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
נָפַל
nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
אָחוֹר
ʼâchôwr
the hinder part; hence (adverb) behind, backward; also (as facing north) the West
שָׁבַר
shâbar
to burst (literally or figuratively)
יָקֹשׁ
yâqôsh
to ensnare (literally or figuratively)
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
Key Terms in This Verse
מִצְוָה mitsvâh
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
Study H4687 →מִצְוָה mitsvâh
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
Study H4687 →מִצְוָה mitsvâh
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
Study H4687 →מִצְוָה mitsvâh
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
Study H4687 →אָחוֹר ʼâchôwr
the hinder part; hence (adverb) behind, backward; also (as facing north) the West
Study H268 →קַו qav
a cord (as connecting), especially formeasuring; figuratively, a rule; also a rim, a musical string or accord
Study H6957 →קַו qav
a cord (as connecting), especially formeasuring; figuratively, a rule; also a rim, a musical string or accord
Study H6957 →קַו qav
a cord (as connecting), especially formeasuring; figuratively, a rule; also a rim, a musical string or accord
Study H6957 →קַו qav
a cord (as connecting), especially formeasuring; figuratively, a rule; also a rim, a musical string or accord
Study H6957 →Cross References
And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:
As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, u...
And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.
To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?
I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.
And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:
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