Isaiah 28:11

For, with a jabbering lip, and with an alien tongue, must he speak unto this people!

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

10For it is—Precept upon precept, precept upon precept, Line upon line, line upon line,—A little here a little there.

12To whom he said—This, is the rest—give ye rest to the weary, and This, is the quietness,—But they were unwilling to hear.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:49Yahweh will bring against thee a nation from afar, from the end of the earth, as darteth a bird of prey,—a nation whose tongue thou canst not understand;

Jeremiah 5:15Behold me! bringing upon you a nation from afar, O house of Israel, Declareth Yahweh,—A nation invincible, it is, A nation from age-past times, hath it been, A nation whose tongue thou shalt not know, Neither shalt thou understand what it speaketh:

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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