Isaiah 28:12
10 For they hear: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there.”
11 Indeed, with mocking lips and foreign tongues, He will speak to this people
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.
14 Therefore hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- to whom he said, “This is the resting place. Give rest to the weary,” and “This is the refreshing;” yet they would not hear.
- ASV
- to whom he said, This is the rest, give ye rest to him that is weary; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
- DARBY
- to whom he said, This is the rest: cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing. But they would not hear.
- BLB
- to whom He said: “This [is] the resting, may they give rest to the weary, and this [is] the refreshing,” they were not willing to listen.
- ÅB
- han som sa til dem: Dette er ro, unn den mødige ro, og dette er hvile. Men de ville ikke høre.
- OTB
- til hvem han erklærte: "Dette er hvilestedet; la de trette finne hvile," og, "Dette er stedet for ro," men de ville ikke høre.
- B1930
- han som sa til dem: Dette er ro, unn den mødige ro, og dette er hvile. Men de vilde ikke høre.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 11:28–29
Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Read in contextIsaiah 30:15
For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “By repentance and rest you would be saved; your strength would lie in quiet confidence— but you were not willing.”
Read in contextJeremiah 6:16
This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’
Read in contextIsaiah 11:10
On that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will seek Him, and His place of rest will be glorious.
Read in contextJeremiah 44:16
“As for the word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you!
Read in contextHebrews 12:25
See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?
Read in contextZechariah 7:14
But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known, and the land was left desolate behind them so that no one could come or go. Thus they turned the pleasant land into a desolation.”
Read in contextPsalms 81:11–13
But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.
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