Isaiah 28:11

For with stammering safah (lips) and with lashon acheret (another tongue, different tongue) 1 will He speak to HaAm Hazeh. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

10For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; 1 line upon line, line upon line; 1 sham (here) a little, and sham (there) a little; 1

12To whom He said, 1 This is the menuchah (rest) wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; 1 and this is the refreshing; 1 yet they would not hear. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:49Hashem shall bring a nation against thee from afar, from the ketzeh ha'aretz, as swift as the nesher flieth; a nation whose lashon thou shalt not understand;

Jeremiah 5:15Hineni, I will bring a Goy (Nation) upon you from afar, 1 O Bais Yisroel, saith Hashem; 1 it is a powerful nation, 1 a goy me'olam (an ancient nation), 1 a nation whose leshon thou knowest not, 1 neither understandest what they say. 1

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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