Isaiah 28
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Isaiah 28:7-19

7And these also 1reel with wine and stagger from intoxicating drink: 2The priest and 3the prophet reel with intoxicating drink, They are confused by wine, they stagger from 4intoxicating drink; They reel while 5having 6visions, They stagger when rendering a verdict.8For all the tables are full of filthy 7vomit, without a single clean place.

9“To 8whom would He teach knowledge, And to whom would He interpret the message? Those just 9weaned from milk? Those just taken from the breast?10For He says, ‘1011Order on order, order on order, Line on line, line on line, A little here, a little there.’”11Indeed, He will speak to this people Through 12stammering lips and a foreign tongue,12He who said to them, “This is the 13place of quiet, give rest to the weary,” And, “This is the resting place,” but they would not listen.13So the word of the Lord to them will be, “14Order on order, order on order, Line on line, line on line, A little here, a little there,” That they may go and 15stumble backward, be broken, snared, and taken captive.14Therefore, 16hear the word of the Lord, you 17scoffers, Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem,15Because you have said, “We have made a 18covenant with death, And with 19Sheol we have made a 20pact. 21The 22gushing flood will not reach us when it passes by, Because we have made 23falsehood our refuge and we have 24concealed ourselves with deception.” 16Therefore this is what the Lord 25God says: “26Behold, I am laying a stone in Zion, a tested 27stone, A precious cornerstone for the foundation, 28firmly placed. The one who believes in it will not be 29disturbed.17I will make 30justice the measuring line And righteousness the level; Then 31hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, And the waters will overflow the secret place.18Your 32covenant with death will be 3334canceled, And your pact with Sheol will not stand; When the 3536gushing flood passes through, Then you will become its 37trampling ground.19As 38often as it passes through, it will 39seize you; For 40morning after morning it will pass through, anytime during the day or night, And it will be 41sheer 42terror to understand 43what it means.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Isaiah 28:7 Is 5:11, 22; 22:13; 56:12; Hos 4:11 ↩
  2. 2. Isaiah 28:7 Is 24:2 ↩
  3. 3. Isaiah 28:7 Is 9:15 ↩
  4. 4. Isaiah 28:7 Hab 2:15, 16 ↩
  5. 5. Isaiah 28:7 Lit seeing ↩
  6. 6. Isaiah 28:7 Is 29:11 ↩
  7. 7. Isaiah 28:8 Jer 48:26 ↩
  8. 8. Isaiah 28:9 Is 2:3; 28:26; 30:20; 48:17; 50:4; 54:13 ↩
  9. 9. Isaiah 28:9 Ps 131:2 ↩
  10. 10. Isaiah 28:10 Heb Sav lasav, sav lasav, Kav lakav, kav lakav, Zeer sham, zeer sham. These Hebrew fragments, imitating the babbling of a child, mock the prophet’s preaching. ↩
  11. 11. Isaiah 28:10 2 Chr 36:15; Neh 9:30 ↩
  12. 12. Isaiah 28:11 Is 33:19; 1 Cor 14:21 ↩
  13. 13. Isaiah 28:12 Is 11:10; 30:15; 32:17, 18; Jer 6:16; Matt 11:28, 29 ↩
  14. 14. Isaiah 28:13 See note v 10. The Lord responds to their scoffing by imitating their mockery, to represent the unintelligible language of a conqueror. ↩
  15. 15. Isaiah 28:13 Is 8:15; Matt 21:44 ↩
  16. 16. Isaiah 28:14 Is 1:10; 28:22 ↩
  17. 17. Isaiah 28:14 Is 29:20 ↩
  18. 18. Isaiah 28:15 Is 28:18 ↩
  19. 19. Isaiah 28:15 I.e., the netherworld ↩
  20. 20. Isaiah 28:15 As in some ancient versions; MT seer ↩
  21. 21. Isaiah 28:15 Is 8:8; 28:2; 30:28; Dan 11:22 ↩
  22. 22. Isaiah 28:15 Or overwhelming scourge ↩
  23. 23. Isaiah 28:15 Is 9:15; 30:9; 44:20; 59:3, 4; Ezek 13:22 ↩
  24. 24. Isaiah 28:15 Is 29:15 ↩
  25. 25. Isaiah 28:16 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord ↩
  26. 26. Isaiah 28:16 Rom 9:33; 10:11; 1 Pet 2:6 ↩
  27. 27. Isaiah 28:16 Ps 118:22; Is 8:14, 15; Matt 21:42; Mark 12:10; Luke 20:17; Acts 4:11; Eph 2:20 ↩
  28. 28. Isaiah 28:16 Lit well-laid ↩
  29. 29. Isaiah 28:16 Lit in a hurry ↩
  30. 30. Isaiah 28:17 2 Kin 21:13; Is 5:16; 30:18; 61:8; Amos 7:7-9 ↩
  31. 31. Isaiah 28:17 Is 28:2 ↩
  32. 32. Isaiah 28:18 Is 28:15 ↩
  33. 33. Isaiah 28:18 Lit covered over ↩
  34. 34. Isaiah 28:18 Is 7:7; 8:10 ↩
  35. 35. Isaiah 28:18 Or overwhelming scourge ↩
  36. 36. Isaiah 28:18 Is 28:15 ↩
  37. 37. Isaiah 28:18 Is 28:3; Dan 8:13 ↩
  38. 38. Isaiah 28:19 2 Kin 24:2 ↩
  39. 39. Isaiah 28:19 Lit take ↩
  40. 40. Isaiah 28:19 Is 50:4 ↩
  41. 41. Isaiah 28:19 Lit only ↩
  42. 42. Isaiah 28:19 Job 6:4; 18:11; 24:17; Ps 55:4; 88:15; Lam 2:22 ↩
  43. 43. Isaiah 28:19 Lit the report; or the message ↩

Commentaries on Isaiah 28

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