TheWay BibleHome›Bible›Isaiah›Isaiah 28›Isaiah 28:11
Isaiah 28:11 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 28 · verse 11
For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.Isaiah 28:11 · King James Version
Isaiah 28:11 in context
9Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
10For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
11For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.
12To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
13But 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.
Commentary
Cross references
Key words (Strong's)
- stammeringlâʻêga buffoonH3934 →
- tonguelâshôwnthe tongue , used literally , and figurativelyH3956 →
- speakdâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- lipssâphâhthe lipH8193 →
Keep reading in TheWay Bible App
Read, study, memorize, journal, and pray — tap any word for its Greek or Hebrew definition, save verses to memorize, and keep a journal. Free on the web and iOS.
The prophet here complains of the wretched stupidity of this people, that they were unteachable and made no improvement of the means of grace which they possessed; they still continued as they were, their mistakes not rectified, their hearts not renewed, nor their lives reformed. Observe, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-13