Isaiah 28:9

Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he give to understand doctrine? those that are weaned from the milk, those that are taken from the breasts.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

8For all tables are full of vomit of filthiness, there is no place [clean].

10For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little.

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Cross References

Psalms 50:17And yet thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.

Proverbs 1:29For the reason that they hated knowledge, and the fear of the Lord they did not choose;

Isaiah 30:10Who have said to the seers, Ye shall not see; and to the prophets, Reveal not unto us true things, speak unto us smooth things, reveal deceits;

Isaiah 48:17Thus hath said the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, I am the Lord thy God who teach thee for thy profit, who lead thee by the way thou shouldst go.

Isaiah 53:1Who would have believed our report? and the arm of the Lord—over whom hath it been revealed?

Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so; but what will ye do in the end thereof?

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 28:2-9

Ephraim Reproved and Threatened; The Punishment of Ephraim; ( b. c. 725.) 1 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine! 2 Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand. 3 The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet: 4 And… Read the whole commentary →

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