10 “Law after law, law after law,

line after line, line after line,

a little here, a little there.”*

11 For he will speak to this people

with stammering speech

and in a foreign language.a

12 He had said to them,

“This is the place of rest;

let the weary rest;b

this is the place of repose.”

But they would not listen.

13 The word of the Lord will come 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.c