to whom he said, “This is the resting place.
Give rest to the weary,”
and “This is the refreshing;”
yet they would not hear.
Therefore the LORD’s word will be to them precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, fall backward, be broken, be snared, and be taken.
Therefore hear the LORD’s word, you scoffers, that rule this people in Jerusalem:
