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Isaiah 28:11

9 Whom is He trying to teach? To whom is He explaining His message? To infants just weaned from milk? To babies removed from the breast?

10 For they hear: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there.”

Indeed, with mocking lips and foreign tongues, He will speak to this people

12 to whom He has said: “This is the place of rest, let the weary rest; this is the place of repose.” But they would not listen.

13 Then the word of the LORD to them will become: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there,” so that they will go stumbling backward and will be injured, ensnared, and captured.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Indeed, with mocking lips and foreign tongues, He will speak to this people
KJV
For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.
WEB
But he will speak to this nation with stammering lips and in another language,
ASV
Nay, but by [men of] strange lips and with another tongue will he speak to this people;
DARBY
For with stammering lips and a strange tongue will he speak to this people;
BLB
For with mocking lips and a foreign tongue He will speak to this people,
ÅB
Ja, ved folk med stammende lepper og i et annet tungemål skal han tale til dette folk,
OTB
Ja, med stammende lepper og et fremmed språk vil Gud tale til dette folket,
B1930
Ja, ved folk med stammende leber og i et annet tungemål skal han tale til dette folk,

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 Corinthians 14:21

    It is written in the Law: “By strange tongues and foreign lips I will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to Me, says the Lord.”

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  • Deuteronomy 28:49

    The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,

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  • Jeremiah 5:15

    Behold, I am bringing a distant nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. “It is an established nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know and whose speech you do not understand.

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  • Isaiah 33:19

    You will no longer see the insolent, a people whose speech is unintelligible, who stammer in a language you cannot understand.

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