Isaiah 28:12
To whom he said: This is my rest, refresh the weary, and this is my refreshing: and they would not hear.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
11For with the speech of lips, and with another tongue he will speak to this people.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 14:11And he called upon the Lord God, and said: O Lord, there is no difference with thee, whether thou help with few, or with many: help us, O Lord our God: for with confidence in thee, and in thy name, we are come against this multitude. O Lord thou art our God, let not man prevail against thee.
Psalms 81:11For I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
Isaiah 29:12And the book shall be given to one that knoweth no letters, and it shall be said to him: Read: and he shall answer: I know no letters.
Jeremiah 6:16Thus saith the Lord: Stand ye on the ways, and see and ask for the old paths which is the good way, and walk ye in it: and you shall find refreshment for your souls. And they said: we will not walk.
Zechariah 7:11But they would not hearken, and they turned away the shoulder to depart: and they stopped their ears, not to hear.
Matthew 11:28Come to me, all you that labour, and are burdened, and I will refresh you.
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 →