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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

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 28:9-10

Isaiah 28:9-10. Whom shall he Namely, God, or his prophet, or minister; teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? Who is there among this people, that are capable and willing to be taught the good knowledge of God? them that are wearied from the milk, &c. A minister may as soon teach a young child as these men. For precept must be upon precept, &c. They must be taught like little children, slowly, and with leisure, the same things being often repeated,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 28:1-29

28:1-33:24 HEZEKIAH AND THE ASSYRIANSBefore reading Chapters 28-33, readers should be familiar with the historical background found in the introduction under the heading ‘Judah’s new policies under Hezekiah’. Hezekiah reversed the policies of his father Ahaz. Whereas Ahaz sought help from Assyria to oppose Israel and Syria, Hezekiah sought help from Egypt to oppose Assyria. Isaiah opposed both policies alike. Faith in God, not reliance on foreign powers, is Judah’s only hope for survival. The... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 28:10

For = For [say they] mimicking the prophet as though he were teaching little children in a school. must be: or, [hath been]. The verse then reads: "For it is zav lazav, zav lazav kav lakav, kav lakav ze'er sham, ze'er sham . "The Figures of speech: Epizeuxis and Paronomasia ( App-6 ), for emphasis. It may be Englished by: "Law upon law, Saw upon saw". read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 28:9-10

Isaiah 28:9-10. Whom shall he teach knowledge?— This period, though different in words, is the same in sense with that preceding. The meaning is, that the teachers, priests, and elders of the people, whose duty it was to maintain the purity and integrity of the public doctrine and counsels, had deviated so far from the path of right, that they were entirely ignorant with respect to the true doctrine of salvation, which was to be found in the ancient patriarchal and Mosaic system; they could... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 28:7-22

The folly of Judah’s leaders 28:7-22Isaiah now compared the pride and indulgence of the Ephraimite leaders to that of their Southern Kingdom brethren. The leaders of Judah were even worse. There is some debate among scholars about where reference to Ephraim’s rulers ends and where reference to Judah’s leaders begins. It seems to me that the context favors the change occurring between Isaiah 28:6-7. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 28:9-10

These drunken leaders mocked Isaiah for the simplicity and repetition with which he presented the Lord’s messages (cf. Acts 17:18)."Verses 9, 10 give us the jeering reply of the pro-Assyrian party of King Ahaz, who resisted the impact of Isaiah’s words recorded in the previous paragraph. They scoffed at his remarks as ’Sunday School moralizing,’ appropriate for infants but quite irrelevant to grown men who understand the art of practical politics." [Note: Archer, p. 628.] "His [God’s] laws are... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 28:1-24

Warnings to JudahThese chapters refer to the state of affairs during the reign of Hezekiah, when Palestine was threatened by Assyria, and an influential party in Judah favoured resistance, relying on the support of Egypt; a line of policy consistently opposed by Isaiah. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 28:1-29

This chapter must be assigned (Isaiah 28:1) to a date prior to the capture of Samaria by the Assyrians (722 b.c.) and fall of the northern kingdom.1-6. Samaria’s luxury and self-indulgence pave the way to ruin. 7-10. Judah likewise is given up to indulgence and heeds not the prophet’s warning, 11-13. Therefore Jehovah will teach the people by means of foreign invasion and disaster. 14-22. Judah’s safety lies not in faithless diplomacy, but in trust in Jehovah. 23-29. A parable of Jehovah’s way... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Isaiah 28:1-29

The Verifying Faculty Isaiah 28:12 The Bible is always talking in our mother tongue. The oldest and greatest of the Prophets spoke in language which almost children can understand and appreciate. Take such words as 'weary'; the child knows what it means when it sees its father returning from the fields and stretching himself in token of fatigue. And 'rest,' the little word needs no translation; and 'refreshing,' the very word which an apostle uses in later times when he speaks of 'times of... read more

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