Isaiah 28:22

Now therefore be ye not mockers, 1 lest your chains be made chazak; 1 for I have heard from Adonoi Hashem Tzva'os 1 a destruction, 1 even determined upon kol ha'aretz (the whole earth). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.

In Context

21For Hashem shall rise up as in Har Peratzim, 1 He shall be in wrath as in the valley of Giv'on, 1 that He may do His ma'aseh, His zar ma'aseh (strange work, foreign work); 1 and bring to pass His avodah, His nochriyah avodah. 1

23Give ye ozen, and hear my voice; 1 pay heed, and hear my speech. 1

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 30:10So the runners passed from town to town through Eretz Ephrayim and Menasheh even unto Zevulun, but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.

2 Chronicles 36:16But they mocked the malachim of Elohim, and despised His words, and derided His nevi'im, until the Chamat Hashem was aroused against His people, until there was no marpeh (remedy, healing).

Proverbs 19:29Shefatim (penalties, judgments) are prepared for scoffers, 1 and for kesilim, beatings for the back.

Isaiah 10:22For though thy people Yisroel be like the chol hayam, only a remnant of them shall return; destruction is decreed, overwhelming tzedakah.

Isaiah 24:1Hinei, Hashem maketh Ha'Aretz empty, and maketh it waste, 1 and ruineth her face, 1 and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. 1

Isaiah 32:12They shall mournfully beat upon their breasts, 1 for the pleasant fields, 1 for the fruitful gefen (vine). 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 28:15-23

Judgments Announced; The Corner-stone in Zion. ( b. c. 725.) 14 Wherefore hear the word of the Lord , ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem. 15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: 16 Therefore thus saith the Lord God , Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a… Read the whole commentary →

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