Isaiah 28:11
For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.
Isaiah 28:11 in other translations
| BSB | Indeed, with mocking lips and foreign tongues, He will speak to this people |
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| WEB | But he will speak to this nation with stammering lips and in another language, |
| ASV | Nay, but by men of strange lips and with another tongue will he speak to this people; |
| YLT | For by scorned lip, and by another tongue, Doth He speak unto this people. |
| DARBY | For with stammering lips and a strange tongue will he speak to this people; |
| BBE | No, but with broken talk, and with a strange tongue, he will give his word to this people: |
| Webster | For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. |
What does Isaiah 28:11 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 28:5-13
5-13. 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)…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 28:5-15
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…
Isaiah 28:11 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Isaiah 28:11
- 1 Corinthians 14:21
In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.
- Deuteronomy 28:49
The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
- Jeremiah 5:15
Lo, 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.
- Isaiah 33:19
Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.
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Context
- Isaiah 28:10
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
- Isaiah 28:11
For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.
- Isaiah 28:12
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.
Isaiah 28:11 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque en lengua de tartamudos, y en extraña lengua hablará á este pueblo, |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Car par des lèvres bégayantes et par une langue étrangère il parlera à ce peuple, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ja, durch stammelnde Lippen und durch eine fremde Sprache wird er zu diesem Volke reden, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | In loquela enim labii, et lingua altera loquetur ad populum istum. |