Isaiah 28:11

Nay, but by men of strange lips and with another tongue will he speak to this people:

Revised Version 1895

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; here a little, there a little.

12to whom he said, This is the rest, give ye rest to him that is weary; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:49The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;

Jeremiah 5:15Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.

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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