Bible Questions Answered:
“What is it saying in Isaiah 28:13?
...”
Stephan/ Samara, Samara Oblast Russia
Bible Answer:
Bible Text:
Isaiah 28:13 KJV
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.
Isaiah 28:13 NLT
So The Lord will spell out His
message for them again, one line at a time,
one line at a time, a little here,
and a little there, so that they will stumble and fall. They will be
injured, trapped, and captured.
Isaiah the Prophet of The Lord, was
speaking to Samaria. Here is his description in the 28th
chapter regarding the Samaritans.
Isaiah 28:1 NLT
"...a people brought down by
wine.
Isaiah 28:3 NLT
"... the drunks of Israel..."
Isaiah 28:7,8 NLT
7 Now, however, Israel is led by
drunks who reel with wine and stagger with alcohol.
The priests and prophets stagger
with alcohol and lose themselves in wine. They reel when they see
visions and stagger as they render decisions.
8 Their tables are covered with
vomit; filth is everywhere.
At a time when they
should have been in repentance, and prayer, for Assyria was soon to,
kill and carry away into captivity all its people.
Isaiah 28:2 NLT
For The Lord will send a mighty army
against it. Like a mighty hailstorm and a torrential rain, they will
burst upon it like a surging flood and smash it to the ground.
The people of the
Northern Kingdom, mocked its prophets, while crying that all their
talk and rules only wearied them.
Isaiah
28:9,10,13 NLT
9 “Who does The Lord think we
are?” they ask, “Why does He speak to us like this?
Are we little children, just
recently weaned?
10 He tells us everything over and
over—one line at a time one line at a time,
a little here, and a little there!”
13 So The Lord will spell out His
message for them again, one line at a time,
one line at a time, a little here,
and a little there, so that they will stumble and fall. They will be
injured, trapped, and captured.
But the drunken men
of Samaria boasted in their reply:
Isaiah 28:15 NLT
15 “...We have struck a bargain to
cheat death and have made a deal to dodge the grave.
The coming destruction can never
touch us, for we have built a strong refuge made of lies and
deception.”
The Lord answered them:
Isaiah 28:18,19 NLT
18 I will cancel the bargain you
made to cheat death, and I will overturn your deal to dodge the
grave.
When the terrible enemy sweeps
through, you will be trampled into the ground.
19 Again and again that flood will
come, morning after morning, day and night, until you are carried
away.”
Isaiah 28:1-3
NLT (The Prophets lament.)
1 What sorrow awaits the proud city
of Samaria— the glorious crown of the drunks of Israel.
It sits at the head of a fertile
valley, but its glorious beauty will fade like a flower. It is the
pride of a people brought down by wine.
2 For The Lord will send a mighty
army against it. Like a mighty hailstorm and a torrential rain, they
will burst upon it like a surging flood and smash it to the ground.
3 The proud city of Samaria— the
glorious crown of the drunks of Israel— will be trampled beneath
its enemies’ feet.
Because the people
of God (Northern Kingdom) heeded not the warning of God, indeed they
stumbled, fell, became injured and captured. (Assyrian invasion 722
B.C.)
What a warning to
any people today!
Psalm 37:28 KJV
For the Lord loveth judgment, and
forsaketh not His saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed
of the wicked shall be cut off.
Proverbs 28:13
KJV
He that covereth his sins shall not
prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
Hebrews 4:7 KJV
"...To day if ye will hear His
voice, harden not your hearts.
Proverbs 15:29
KJV
The Lord is far from the wicked: but
He heareth the prayer of the righteous.
