What is the meaning of Isaiah 28:13? Then the word of the LORD to them will become The Lord keeps speaking, yet the hearers are rebellious. His Word is not absent; it is persistently offered. • Cross references that show God repeatedly sending His word: 2 Kings 17:13; Jeremiah 7:25–26; Hebrews 1:1–2. • The people’s problem is not lack of revelation but hardened hearts that refuse to receive it. Order on order, order on order BSB: “Order on order…” The thought is of command after command, duty after duty. • Like a parent repeating the same rule, God lays down clear, unvarnished instructions (Deuteronomy 6:1–2). • The repetition stresses that no excuse remains; they cannot claim ignorance (Romans 1:20, 2 Peter 3:1–2). Line on line, line on line BSB: “Line on line…” The phrase pictures measured, precise guidance—each line added carefully to the last. • God’s Word is orderly, not chaotic (Psalm 19:7–8; 1 Corinthians 14:33). • Every “line” carries weight; ignoring even one breaks the whole (James 2:10). A little here, a little there BSB: “A little here, a little there.” The teaching seems simple, almost childlike, yet it is sufficient. • Isaiah earlier offered a childlike sign (Isaiah 7:14) and simple trust (Isaiah 30:15). • Jesus later echoes this principle when He says, “Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much” (Luke 16:10). So that they will go stumbling backward Rejecting the steady drip of truth turns the blessings of God’s Word into a stumbling block. • Psalm 118:22; 1 Peter 2:7–8—those who reject the cornerstone stumble. • Truth refused becomes judgment; what should have guided them now trips them up (Romans 11:7–10). And will be injured, ensnared, and captured The final outcome of persistent disbelief is unavoidable judgment. • Proverbs 29:1 warns that repeated hardening leads to sudden destruction. • Assyrian exile for Ephraim (2 Kings 17:6) and later Babylonian exile for Judah (2 Chronicles 36:15–17) fulfill this word. • God’s just discipline underscores His holiness while preserving a remnant who heed (Isaiah 10:20–22; Romans 11:5). summary Isaiah 28:13 shows that when God’s clear, repeated Word is scorned, it ceases to instruct and begins to condemn. The Lord patiently lays out “order on order, line on line,” but those who refuse to bend will ultimately break. The verse warns that the same Scripture that can build a life of faith will, if resisted, become the very cause of stumbling, injury, and captivity. |
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