Isaiah 28:12
to whom he said, This is the rest: cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing. But they would not hear.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
11For with stammering lips and a strange tongue will he speak to this people;
Cross References
2 Chronicles 14:11And Asa cried unto Jehovah his God, and said, Jehovah, it maketh no difference to thee to help, whether there be much or no power: help us, O Jehovah our God, for we rely on thee, and in thy name have we come against this multitude. Jehovah, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.
Psalms 81:11But my people hearkened not to my voice, and Israel would none of me.
Isaiah 29:12And they give the book to him that cannot read, saying, Read this, I pray thee; and he saith, I cannot read.
Jeremiah 6:16Thus saith Jehovah: Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the ancient paths, which is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk [therein].
Zechariah 7:11But they refused to hearken, and turned a rebellious shoulder, and made their ears heavy, that they should not hear.
Matthew 11:28Come to me, all ye who labour and are burdened, and *I* will give you rest.
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 →