Isaiah 28:11-12

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 28:9-13

The prophet here complains of the wretched stupidity of this people, that they were unteachable and made no improvement of the means of grace which they possessed; they still continued as they were, their mistakes not rectified, their hearts not renewed, nor their lives reformed. Observe, I. What it was that their prophets and ministers designed and aimed at. It was to teach them knowledge, the knowledge of God and his will, and to make them understand doctrine, Isa. 28:9. This is God's way of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 28:11

For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. Or "hath spoken" F19 So Gataker. ; as parents and nurses, in a lisping manner, and in a language and tone different from what they use in common, speak unto their children, accommodating themselves according to their capacities and weakness; and so it is a continuation of the method to be used in instructing the Jews, as being like children: or else these words are to be considered as a reason why, since they... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 28:12

To whom he said ,.... Either the Lord himself, or the prophet Isaiah; or rather the Lord by him, and other prophets; so the Targum, "to whom the prophets said;' that is, the true prophets of the Lord said to the people, or to the priests and other prophets; or Christ and his apostles, as follows: This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest: and this is the refreshing : that is, by teaching the word of God, the true knowledge of him, and the sound doctrines of the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 28:12

This is the rest "This is the true rest" - The sense of this verse is: God had warned them by his prophets that their safety and security, their deliverance from their present calamities and from the apprehensions of still greater approaching, depended wholly on their trust in God, their faith and obedience; but they rejected this gracious warning with contempt and mockery. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:7-13

The mockers and the prophet. Here, it appears, the scene changes to Jerusalem. And we should compare the picture of drunkenness and luxury with that in Amos 6:1-7 and Micah 2:11 . I. THE PRIESTS AND PROPHETS OF THE TIME . They are seen reeling and staggering in the midst of, or as they come from, their most sacred functions. It is a strong and indignant description of drunkenness in general (cf. Proverbs 20:1 ). What more humiliating than the spectacle! To have "put... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:9-13

Indocility. When God speaks man may well listen, whatsoever strains the Divine Teacher may employ. But man is often found to be, not only an inapt, but even an unwilling, scholar. Such were they who are here terribly rebuked. I. THE DESIGN OF GOD 'S TEACHING . God had been saying, "This is the rest," etc. ( Isaiah 28:12 ). The end of all God's instruction is to give rest to his human scholars. Peace was the promise of the old covenant ( Numbers 6:26 ; Numbers 25:12 ). ... 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

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