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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 28:11-13

Isaiah 28:11-13. For with stammering lips, &c.— Instead of refreshing, in Isa 28:12 we may read, happy place; and the 13th may be rendered, But the word of the Lord shall be unto them,—that they may go, &c. These verses contain the spiritual punishment consequent upon the fault before specified. When the teachers of the church, says Vitringa, little regard the wholesome doctrine of the word of God, but follow their own simple and trifling ideas, God interposes with his judgment, and... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 28:14-15

Isaiah 28:14-15. Wherefore, hear the word of the Lord, &c.— The prophet, about to describe the temporal and external punishment in these verses, addresses the teachers and elders of the people, and in a strong manner convicts them of their iniquity. By death and hell are understood those powerful princes with whom the unbelieving Jews had entered into a covenant, having cast off their dependance upon God; but more particularly the Romans under whose subjection alone they declared themselves... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 28:13

13. But—rather, "Therefore," namely, because "they would not hear" ( :-). that they might go—the designed result to those who, from a defect of the will, so far from profiting by God's mode of instructing, "precept upon precept," c., made it into a stumbling-block (Hosea 6:5 Hosea 8:12; Matthew 13:14). go, and fall—image appropriately from "drunkards" (Isaiah 28:7; Isaiah 28:8, which they were) who in trying to "go forward fall backward." read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 28:14

14. scornful—(See on :-). 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 28:13

The Lord would continue to teach them bit by bit, and a little here and a little there, through hardship. The result would be retrogression, brokenness, entrapment, and captivity.". . . in order for maturity to be reached, the child must be allowed to suffer the consequences of its actions. For the parent to intervene constantly and to nullify the results is to give the child a wholly misshapen understanding of life." [Note: Ibid., p. 513.] read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 28:14-15

The rulers in Jerusalem scoffed at the Lord’s Word, but Isaiah called on them to listen to it. "Scoffer" is the strongest negative term that the Old Testament writers used to describe the wicked (cf. Psalms 1:1-2; Proverbs 1:22; Proverbs 13:1; Proverbs 14:9; Proverbs 21:24; Proverbs 29:8). A scoffer not only chooses the wrong way, but he or she also mocks the right way. He or she is not only misled, but he or she delights in misleading others. The rulers had made a covenant with some nation... 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

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 28:13

(13) That they might go, and fall backward . . .—The words are an echo of those in Isaiah 8:14-15. The preaching which might have led to “rest and refreshing” would become to those who scorned it a “stumbling stone” on which they would fall, a “net” in which they, who boasted of their freedom, would be entangled. read more

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 28:11-13

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 28:14-15

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 28:13

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 28:14

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

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 28:13

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 28:14-15

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

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

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 28:13

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