And through intoxicating drink are out of the way;
bThe priest and the prophet have erred through intoxicating drink,
They are swallowed up by wine,
They are out of the way through intoxicating drink;
They err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
And whom will he make to understand the message?
Those just weaned from milk?
Those just drawn from the breasts?
Line upon line, line upon line,
Here a little, there a little.”
You may cause the weary to rest,”
And, “This is the refreshing”;
Yet they would not hear.
“Precept upon precept, precept upon precept,
Line upon line, line upon line,
Here a little, there a little,”
That they might go and fall backward, and be broken
And snared and caught.
And with Sheol we are in agreement.
When the overflowing scourge passes through,
It will not come to us,
aFor we have made lies our refuge,
And under falsehood we have hidden ourselves.”
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Isaiah 28:9-13
But notice here that Jesus shows that the mind of His disciples must be opened. They must be opened to the true meaning of God's Word. Now we know from elsewhere in the Bible, specifically Isaiah 6, where this concept is put originally, and also Matthew 13, where Jesus Christ quotes this, but those texts say that people see and hear, they read what God says, but do not understand. It is gobbledygook to them in many cases. Isaiah 28:9-13 says, To those without spiritual help to understand, God seems to speak with a stammer or in a foreign language. They cannot understand what He is saying. And He guides us there by saying that the bits of knowledge we need to understand, those things that God has revealed to us are scattered here a little, there a little, and must be built precept upon precept, line upon line.
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