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Isaiah 28:11

9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.

10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:

For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.

12 To 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.

13 But 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.

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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

    In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.

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  • Deuteronomy 28:49

    The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;

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  • Jeremiah 5:15

    Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.

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  • Isaiah 33:19

    Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.

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