Isaiah 28:9

Isaiah 28:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)“Who is it he is trying to teach? To whom is he explaining his message? To children weaned from their milk, to those just taken from the breast?
• English Standard Version (ESV)"To whom will he teach knowledge, and to whom will he explain the message? Those who are weaned from the milk, those taken from the breast?
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Whom will he teach knowledge? And whom will he make to understand the message? Those just weaned from milk? Those just drawn from the breasts?

Context of Isaiah 28:9

7Even these stagger because of wine and stumble under the influence of beer: Priest and prophet stagger because of beer. They are confused by wine. They stumble because of beer. They are muddled in their visions. They stumble in their judgments. 8Indeed, all their tables are covered with vomit; there is no place without a stench. Who is he trying to teach? Who is he trying to instruct? Infants just weaned from milk? Babies removed from the breast? 10“Law after law, law after law, line after line, line after line, a little here, a little there.” 11For he will speak to this people with stammering speech and in a foreign language.

Isaiah 28:9 word by word

אֶת־מִי֙ יוֹרֶ֣ה דֵעָ֔ה וְאֶת־מִ֖י יָבִ֣ין שְׁמוּעָ֑ה גְּמוּלֵי֙ מֵֽחָלָ֔ב עַתִּיקֵ֖י מִשָּׁדָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Whom shall he teachיָרָהyârâh yârâ' · to showH3384
• knowledgeדֵּעָהdê‛âh · knowledgeH1844
• and whom shall he make to understandבִּיןbîyn · to understandH995
• doctrineשְׁמוּעָהshemû‛âh · tidingsH8052
• weanedגָּמַלgâmal · to weanH1580
• from the milkחָלָבchâlâb · milkH2461
• drawnעַתִּיק‛attîyq · ancient/takenH6267
• from the breastsשַׁדshad shôd · breastH7699

Cross-references for Isaiah 28:9

• Isaiah 30:10They say to the seers, “Do not see,” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy the truth to us. Tell us flattering things. Prophesy illusions.
• Psalms 50:17You hate instruction and fling my words behind you.
• Proverbs 1:29Because they hated knowledge, didn’t choose to fear the Lord,
• Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it like this. But what will you do at the end of it?
• Jeremiah 6:10Who can I speak to and give such a warning that they will listen? Look, their ear is uncircumcised, so they cannot pay attention. See, the word of the Lord has become contemptible to them — they find no pleasure in it.
• John 3:19This is the judgment: The light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than the light because their deeds were evil.
• John 12:38This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet, who said: Lord, who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
• Isaiah 53:1Who has believed what we have heard? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
• Psalms 131:2Instead, I have calmed and quieted my soul like a weaned child with its mother; my soul is like a weaned child.
• Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and revealed them to infants.
• Matthew 21:15When the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonders that he did and the children shouting in the temple, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” they were indignant
• Mark 10:15Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”
• 1 Peter 2:2Like newborn infants, desire the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow up into your salvation,

Commentaries on Isaiah 28:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Whom shall he teach knowledge?" Whom, say they, would he teach knowledge?" - The scoffers mentioned below, Isaiah 28:14, are here introduced as uttering their sententious speeches; they treat God's method of dealing with them, and warning them by his prophets, with contempt and derision. What, say they, doth he treat us as mere infants just weaned? doth he teach us like little children, perpetually inculcating the same elementary lessons, the mere…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9whom shall he teach knowledge? - This verse commences a statement respecting another form of sin that prevailed among the people of Judah. That sin was contempt for the manner in which God instructed them by the prophets, and a disregard for his communications as if they were suited to children and not to adults. That “scoffing” was the principal sin aimed at in these verses, is apparent from Isaiah 28:14. Vitringa supposes that these words Isaiah 28:9-10…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-15Verses 5-15 The prophet next turns to Judah, whom he calls the residue of his people. Happy are those alone, who glory in the Lord of hosts himself. Hence his people get wisdom and strength for every service and every conflict. But it is only in Christ Jesus that the holy God communicates with sinful man. And whether those that teach are drunk with wine, or intoxicated with false doctrines and notions concerning the kingdom and salvation of the Messiah…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-10The people had become resistant to God's message (1 Corinthians 14:21).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-135-13. The prophet now turns to Judah; a gracious promise to the remnant ("residue"); a warning lest through like sins Judah should share the fate of Samaria. crown--in antithesis to the "fading crown" of Ephraim (Is 28:1, 3). the residue--primarily, Judah, in the prosperous reign of Hezekiah (2Ki 18:7), antitypically, the elect of God; as He here is called their "crown and diadem," so are they called His (Is 62:3); a beautiful reciprocity.Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 28:9

• Children
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• Instruction
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Commentaries on Isaiah 28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings