Isaiah 28:11

For with stammering lips and a strange tongue will he speak to this people;

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.

In Context

10For [it is] precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little.

12to whom he said, This is the rest: cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing. But they would not hear.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:49Jehovah will bring a nation against thee from afar, from the end of the earth, like as the eagle flieth, a nation whose tongue thou understandest not;

Jeremiah 5:15Behold, I bring a nation upon you from afar, house of Israel, saith Jehovah: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest thou what they say.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 28:10-14

The Degeneracy of Judah. ( b. c. 725.) 9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. 10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: 11 For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. 12 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.… Read the whole commentary →

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