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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:10

For precept must be upon precept ; rather, for it is precept upon precept (Lowth, Cheyne). The whole teaching is nothing but an accumulation of precept upon precept, rule upon rule, one little injunction followed up by another, here a little, there a little. The objectors profess to find in the prophet's teaching nothing grand, nothing broad—no enunciation of great leading principles; but a perpetual drizzling rain of petty maxims and rules, vexatious, cramping, confining; especially... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:10

Need for the reiteration of truth. "Line upon line." It is not difficult to set forth the practical applications of this passage; but we cannot be quite sure that we know the exact original bearing of the words. Three suggestions have been made. 1. , Isaiah 28:9 may refer to God's favor to the Jews; then Isaiah 28:10 describes the abundant revelation made to them, with rules and duties related to all the conditions and emergencies of life. 2. , Isaiah 28:9 may refer to the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:10

Mockers of religion. A different explanation to that given in the previous homily is finding favor in modern times. The passage is supposed to represent the drunkards mocking Isaiah over their cups. "Does he not know what respectable persons he is dealing with, not like children who need leading-strings, but educated priests and prophets? They have caught up from Isaiah one of his favorite words (probably), and repeat it with a sneer. He is always interfering with moral and political... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:11

With stammering lips and with another tongue . The Assyrian language, though a Semitic idiom nearly allied to Hebrew, was sufficiently different to sound in the ears of a Jew like his own tongue mispronounced and barbarized. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:11-13

JUDAH 'S PUNISHMENT . God will retort on the Jews their scorn of his prophet, and, as they will not be taught by his utterances, which they find to be childish and unrefined, will teach them by utterances still more unrefined—those of the Assyrians, which will be quite as monotonous and quite as full of minutiae as Isaiah's. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:12

To whom he said ; rather, because he said to them . God had from remote times offered to his people "rest" and "refreshing"—or a life of ease and peace in Palestine—but on condition of their serving him faithfully and observing his Laws ( Deuteronomy 28:1-14 ). But they had re-jeered this "rest," since they had refused to observe the condition on which it was promised. Because they had thus acted, God now brought upon them war and a conqueror. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:12

Rest and refreshment. "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." Religion is designed to give us both rest and refreshment. We are described here— I. AS WEARY , AND NEEDING REST . Weary! Can we not feel that? We wear away . The world is full of cares that fret and chafe us. We lose elasticity of step and cheeriness of heart. How many can say, "I am very weary?" The Bible understands man,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 28:10

For precept must be upon precept - This is probably designed to ridicule the concise and sententious manner of the prophets, and especially the fact that they dwelt much upon the same elementary truths of religion. In teaching children we are obliged to do it by often repeating the same simple lesson. So the profane and scoffing teachers of the people said it had been with the prophets of God. It had been precept upon precept, and line upon line, in the same way as children had been instructed.... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 28:11

For - This verse is to be understood as a response to what the complaining and dissatisfied people had said, as expressed in the previous verse. God says that he will teach them, but it should be by another tongue - a foreign language in a distant land. Since they refused to hearken to the messages which he sent to them, and which they regarded as adapted only to children, he would teach them in a manner that should be “much more” humiliating; he would make use of the barbarous language of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 28:12

To whom he said - To whom God had said; that is, to the Jews. He had taught them the way of rest through the prophets, but they had refused to learn.This is the rest - That is, this is the true way of happiness, to wit, by keeping the commands of God which had been so often repeated as to become to them objects of satiety and disgust.This is the refreshing - This is the way in which the mind may be comforted. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:11-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 28:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 28:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 28:12

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