Isaiah 28:12

To 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

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

11For with stammering safah (lips) and with lashon acheret (another tongue, different tongue) 1 will He speak to HaAm Hazeh. 1

13But the Devar Hashem was unto them 1 precept upon precept, precept upon precept; 1 line upon line, line upon line; 1 sham a little, and sham a little; 1 that they might go, and fall backward, 1 and be broken, and snared, and taken [captive]. 1

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 14:11So Hashem struck down HaCushim before Asa, and before Yehudah, and HaCushim fled.

Psalms 81:11I am Hashem Eloheicha 1 Who brought thee out of Eretz Mitzrayim; 1 open thy mouth wide, I will fill it. 1

Isaiah 29:12And the sefer is delivered to him that with the sefer has no da'as, saying, Read this, now; and he saith, I cannot read this. With sefer I have no da'as. 1

Jeremiah 6:16Thus saith Hashem: 1 Stand ye in the derakhim (crossroads), and look, 1 and ask for the netivot olam (old paths), 1 where is the derech hatov (good road, way), and walk therein, 1 and ye shall find margo'a (rest) for your nefashot. 1 But they said, We will not walk therein. 1

Zechariah 7:11But they refused to heed, 1 and stubbornly stiffened their shoulders, 1 stopped up their oznayim, that they not hear. 1

Matthew 11:28Come to me, all you who are burden-weary and heavy laden, and I will give you Shabbos menuchah.

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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