איך אנשים תופסים את התורה

(10)For when one tries to teach Torah and knowledge to the people, it is viewed by them as simply command by command, command by command; line by restrictive line, line by line; a bit here, a bit there. The Torah is perceived by the people as a collection of meaningless restrictions and minute details, irrelevant to sophisticated adults. (11) The prophet’s speech is foreign to them, and subject to their ridicule: For with garbled language and with a different tongue, one, the prophet, will speak to this people, (12)saying to them: This is the respite, the means ofachievingtranquility: Give rest to the weary, allow the weak and destitute to live in dignity; and this is the relief. The Torah provides guidelines on how to create a fair and stable society. But they, the people, were unwilling to hear the message of this prophecy. (13)The word of the Lord will be, willremain, for them a meaningless collection, command by command, command by command, line by line, line by line, a bit here, a bit there,so that they will go and falter backward in their blindness and be broken, and they will be tripped and captured.