Isaiah 28:11-13

New International Reader's Version

¹¹ All right then, these people won’t listen to me.
    So God will speak to them.
He will speak by using people who speak unfamiliar languages.
    He will speak by using the mouths of strangers.
¹² He said to his people,
    “I am offering you a resting place.
    Let those who are tired rest.”
He continued, “I am offering you a place of peace and quiet.”
    But they wouldn’t listen.
¹³ So then, here is what the Lord’s message will become to them.
    Do this and do that.
There is a rule for this and a rule for that.
    Learn a little here and learn a little there.
So when they try to go forward,
    they’ll fall back and be wounded.
    They’ll be trapped and captured.