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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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:13

The word of the Lord was to them ; rather, shall be to them . God will now speak to them, not by his prophet, but by the Assyrian conqueror, who will do what they said Isaiah had done, i.e. lay upon them command after command, rule alter rule, a constant series of minute injunctions, under which they will chafe and fret and at last rebel, but only to be "snared and taken." It is uncertain whether the reference is to the immediate future and to the Assyrians proper only, or whether the... 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

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 28:13

But the word of the Lord was unto them - Or, rather, but the word of Yahweh “shall be” unto them. This refers to the mode in which God said He would instruct them in a foreign land. They had complained Isaiah 28:9-10 that his instructions had been like a short lesson constantly repeated, as we instruct children. God here says that it should be as they said it was - they would be carried away to a distant land, and long abide among strangers; they would have ample time there to acquire... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 28:11-12

Isaiah 28:11-12. For Or, rather, therefore, as the particle כי is often used. For the prophet here evidently intends to express the punishment of their dulness. With stammering lips, and another tongue By people of a strange language, whom he will bring among them, and into whose power he will deliver them; will he speak to this people Seeing they will not hear him speaking by his prophets and ministers, in their own language, they shall hear their enemies speaking to them in a... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 28:13

Isaiah 28:13 . But the word of the Lord was unto them, &c. The sense of the passage thus rendered, may be, that they spake of God’s word with scorn and contempt, repeating the prophet’s words, (which are as peculiar in sound, as they are strong and expressive in sense, קקו לקו קו לקו צו לצו צו לצו , tzav latzav, tzav latzav, kav lakav, kav lakav,) in a scoffing manner, and with a ridiculous tone of voice; as if they had said, It seems the prophet takes us to be mere children, that need... 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 28:11

For = Yea, verily. Taking the words out of their own taunting lips, and turning them against themselves. Quoted in 1 Corinthians 14:21 . stammering = jabbering. another = foreign. Referring to the Assyrian language they were (alas!) soon to hear (Compare Isaiah 33:19 . Deuteronomy 28:49 ). He speak: i.e. by the Assyrians. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 28:12

To whom He said: or, He (Jehovah) Who said to them: i.e. by His prophets (Isaiah 7:4 ; Isaiah 8:6 ; Isaiah 30:15 ). read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:13

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

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

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 28:13

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 28:11-12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 28:13

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 28:1-29

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 28:11

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 28:12

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