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To whom is he explaining his message? To children weaned from their milk, to those just taken from the breast?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/isaiah/28.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“Who does the LORD think we are?” they ask. “Why does he speak to us like this? Are we little children, just recently weaned?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/28.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“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?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/28.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Whom is He trying to teach? To whom is He explaining His message? To infants just weaned from milk? To babies removed from the breast?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/28.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? <i>them that are</i> weaned from the milk, <i>and</i> drawn from the breasts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/28.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Whom will he teach knowledge? And whom will he make to understand the message? Those <i>just</i> weaned from milk? Those <i>just</i> drawn from the breasts?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/28.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“To whom would He teach knowledge, And to whom would He interpret the message? Those <i>just</i> weaned from milk? Those <i>just</i> taken from the breast?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/28.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220To whom would He teach knowledge, And to whom would He interpret the message? Those just weaned from milk? Those just taken from the breast?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/28.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“To whom would He teach knowledge? And to whom would He interpret the message? Those <i>just</i> weaned from milk? Those <i>just</i> taken from the breast?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/28.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“Whom would He instruct in knowledge, And whom would He provide understanding about the report? Those <i>just</i> weaned from milk? Those <i>just</i> taken from the breast?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/28.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br /><i>They say</i> “To whom would He teach knowledge? And to whom would He explain the message? Those <i>just</i> weaned from milk? Those <i>just</i> taken from the breast?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/28.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Who is he trying to teach? Who is he trying to instruct? Infants just weaned from milk? Babies removed from the breast?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/28.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Who is he trying to teach? Who is he trying to instruct? Infants just weaned from milk? Babies removed from the breast? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/28.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Whom will he teach knowledge? and whom will he make to understand the message? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/28.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You drunken leaders are like babies! How can you possibly understand or teach the LORD's message? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/28.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Whom will he teach knowledge? and whom will he make to understand the message? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/28.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />To whom will they make the message understood? To whom will they explain this message? To children just weaned from milk? To those just taken from their [mother's] breasts?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/28.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />They complain about me. They say, "Who does that man think he's teaching? Who needs his message? It's only good for babies that have just stopped nursing! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/28.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />To whom will he teach knowledge, and to whom will he explain the message? To children just weaned from milk? To those just taken from the breast?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/28.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Whom is He trying to teach? To whom is He explaining His message? To infants just weaned from milk? To babies removed from the breast?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/28.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Who is the LORD trying to teach? To whom is he explaining a message? Those just weaned from milk! Those just taken from their mother's breast! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/28.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Whom will he teach knowledge? To whom will he explain the message? Those who are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/28.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/28.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Whom will he teach knowledge? To whom will he explain the message? Those who are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/28.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />By whom does He teach knowledge? And by whom does He cause to understand the report? The weaned from milk, the removed from breasts,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/28.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> By whom doth He teach knowledge? And by whom doth He cause to understand the report? The weaned from milk, the removed from breasts,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/28.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Whom shall he teach knowledge? whom shall he cause to understand hearing? those weaned from milk and those taken away from the breasts.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/28.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand the hearing? them that are weaned from the milk, that are drawn away from the breasts. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/28.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />To whom will he teach knowledge? And to whom will he grant an understanding of what is heard? To those who have been weaned from the milk, who have been pulled away from the breasts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/28.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />“To whom would he impart knowledge? To whom would he convey the message? To those just weaned from milk, those weaned from the breast? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/28.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />“Whom will he teach knowledge, and to whom will he explain the message? Those who are weaned from milk, those taken from the breast?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/28.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />To whom shall he teach knowledge? And whom shall he make to understand the report? Those who are weaned from the milk and drawn from the breasts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/28.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />To whom will he teach knowledge and to whom will he explain the report? To those weaned from milk and drawn from the breasts<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/28.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Whom shall one teach knowledge? And whom shall one make to understand the message? Them that are weaned from the milk, Them that are drawn from the breasts?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/28.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />To whom have we reported evils? and to whom have we reported a message? <i>even to those</i> that are weaned from the milk, who are drawn from the breast.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/28-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=5637" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/28.htm">Judgment on Ephraim</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">8</span>For all their tables are covered with vomit; there is not a place without filth. <span class="reftext">9</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4310.htm" title="4310: mî (Interrog) -- An interrogative pronoun of persons, as mah is of things, who?; also whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix.">Whom</a> <a href="/hebrew/3384.htm" title="3384: yō·w·reh (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms) -- Or yara; a primitive root; properly, to flow as water; transitively, to lay or throw; figuratively, to point out, to teach.">is He trying to teach?</a> <a href="/hebrew/1844.htm" title="1844: ḏê·‘āh (N-fs) -- Knowledge. Feminine of dea'; knowledge."></a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4310.htm" title="4310: mî (Interrog) -- An interrogative pronoun of persons, as mah is of things, who?; also whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix.">To whom</a> <a href="/hebrew/995.htm" title="995: yā·ḇîn (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms) -- To discern. A primitive root; to separate mentally, i.e.(generally) understand.">is He explaining</a> <a href="/hebrew/8052.htm" title="8052: šə·mū·‘āh (N-fs) -- A report. Feminine passive participle of shamem; something heard, i.e. An announcement.">His message?</a> <a href="/hebrew/1580.htm" title="1580: gə·mū·lê (V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-mpc) -- A primitive root; to treat a person, i.e. Benefit or requite; by implication, to ripen, i.e. to wean.">To infants just weaned</a> <a href="/hebrew/2461.htm" title="2461: mê·ḥā·lāḇ (Prep-m:: N-ms) -- Milk. From the same as cheleb; milk.">from milk?</a> <a href="/hebrew/6267.htm" title="6267: ‘at·tî·qê (Adj-mpc) -- Removed, old. From athaq; removed, i.e. Weaned; also antique.">To babies removed</a> <a href="/hebrew/7699.htm" title="7699: miš·šā·ḏā·yim (Prep-m:: N-md) -- The breast of a, woman, animal. Or shod; probably from shuwd contracted; the breast of a woman or animal.">from the breast?</a> </span><span class="reftext">10</span>For they hear: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/5-12.htm">Hebrews 5:12-14</a></span><br />Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to reteach you the basic principles of God’s word. You need milk, not solid food! / For everyone who lives on milk is still an infant, inexperienced in the message of righteousness. / But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-1.htm">1 Corinthians 3:1-2</a></span><br />Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ. / I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact, you are still not ready,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-25.htm">Matthew 11:25</a></span><br />At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/2-2.htm">1 Peter 2:2</a></span><br />Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/6-10.htm">Jeremiah 6:10</a></span><br />To whom can I give this warning? Who will listen to me? Look, their ears are closed, so they cannot hear. See, the word of the LORD has become offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/16-12.htm">John 16:12</a></span><br />I still have much to tell you, but you cannot yet bear to hear it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/1-4.htm">Proverbs 1:4</a></span><br />To impart prudence to the simple and knowledge and discretion to the young,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/14-20.htm">1 Corinthians 14:20</a></span><br />Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/131-2.htm">Psalm 131:2</a></span><br />Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/13-11.htm">Matthew 13:11-13</a></span><br />He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. / Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. / This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-6.htm">Hosea 4:6</a></span><br />My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/3-7.htm">2 Timothy 3:7</a></span><br />who are always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/3-1.htm">Ezekiel 3:1-3</a></span><br />“Son of man,” He said to me, “eat what you find here. Eat this scroll, then go and speak to the house of Israel.” / So I opened my mouth, and He fed me the scroll. / “Son of man,” He said to me, “eat and fill your stomach with this scroll I am giving you.” So I ate, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/4-33.htm">Mark 4:33-34</a></span><br />With many such parables Jesus spoke the word to them, to the extent that they could understand. / He did not tell them anything without using a parable. But privately He explained everything to His own disciples.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/29-4.htm">Deuteronomy 29:4</a></span><br />Yet to this day the LORD has not given you a mind to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">shall he teach</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/30-10.htm">Isaiah 30:10-12</a></b></br> Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/50-17.htm">Psalm 50:17</a></b></br> Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/1-29.htm">Proverbs 1:29</a></b></br> For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:</p><p class="hdg">doctrine.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/53-1.htm">Isaiah 53:1</a></b></br> Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?</p><p class="hdg">weaned</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/131-2.htm">Psalm 131:2</a></b></br> Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul <i>is</i> even as a weaned child.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/11-25.htm">Matthew 11:25</a></b></br> At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/21-15.htm">Matthew 21:15,16</a></b></br> And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; 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In the context of Isaiah, the prophet addresses the leaders and people of Israel, who are often depicted as stubborn and resistant to divine instruction. This rhetorical question highlights their spiritual immaturity and unwillingness to heed God's word. The broader biblical narrative frequently emphasizes the importance of being teachable and receptive to God's wisdom, as seen in <a href="/proverbs/1-7.htm">Proverbs 1:7</a>, which underscores the fear of the Lord as the beginning of knowledge.<p><b>To whom is He explaining His message?</b><br>The message refers to God's revelation and instruction, which the people of Israel are failing to grasp. Historically, the Israelites had access to the Law and the Prophets, yet they often ignored or misunderstood these teachings. This phrase underscores the disconnect between God's clear communication and the people's lack of understanding. The New Testament echoes this theme, as Jesus often spoke in parables to those who were spiritually blind or deaf, as seen in <a href="/matthew/13-13.htm">Matthew 13:13-15</a>.<p><b>To infants just weaned from milk?</b><br>This imagery of infants suggests a lack of maturity and readiness to digest more complex teachings. In the cultural context of ancient Israel, weaning typically occurred around the age of three, marking a transition from dependence to a degree of independence. Spiritually, this metaphor criticizes the Israelites for their inability to move beyond basic teachings. The Apostle Paul uses similar imagery in <a href="/1_corinthians/3.htm">1 Corinthians 3:1-2</a>, where he chastises the Corinthian church for needing milk rather than solid food, indicating their spiritual immaturity.<p><b>To babies removed from the breast?</b><br>This phrase reinforces the previous metaphor, emphasizing the people's spiritual infancy and inability to comprehend deeper truths. In the biblical context, being "removed from the breast" signifies a stage where one should be growing and learning, yet the Israelites remain stagnant. This critique is consistent with the broader biblical theme of growth in faith and understanding, as seen in <a href="/hebrews/5-12.htm">Hebrews 5:12-14</a>, which calls believers to progress from elementary teachings to maturity in Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>The prophet who conveyed God's messages to the people of Judah and Jerusalem. He is the author of the book of Isaiah and is known for his prophecies concerning judgment and redemption.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah_and_jerusalem.htm">Judah and Jerusalem</a></b><br>The primary audience of Isaiah's prophecies. During Isaiah's time, these regions were facing political turmoil and spiritual decline.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_drunkards_of_ephraim.htm">The Drunkards of Ephraim</a></b><br>Earlier in <a href="/bsb/isaiah/28.htm">Isaiah 28</a>, the prophet addresses the leaders of Ephraim, criticizing their pride and drunkenness, which serves as a backdrop to the teaching in verse 9.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The ultimate teacher and source of wisdom, who is questioning the readiness of His people to receive His teachings.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/i/infants_and_babies.htm">Infants and Babies</a></b><br>Used metaphorically to describe the spiritual immaturity of the people, suggesting they are not ready for deeper teachings.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_maturity.htm">Spiritual Maturity</a></b><br>Just as infants require milk, new believers need foundational teachings. However, growth should lead to deeper understanding and application of God's Word.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/readiness_to_learn.htm">Readiness to Learn</a></b><br>Assess your spiritual readiness. Are you open to receiving and understanding deeper truths from God, or are you still clinging to basic teachings?<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/responsibility_of_leaders.htm">Responsibility of Leaders</a></b><br>Leaders and teachers in the church have a responsibility to guide believers from spiritual infancy to maturity, ensuring they are equipped for deeper teachings.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/self-examination.htm">Self-Examination</a></b><br>Regularly evaluate your spiritual growth. Are you progressing from milk to solid food in your understanding of Scripture?<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/humility_in_learning.htm">Humility in Learning</a></b><br>Approach God's Word with humility, recognizing that spiritual growth is a lifelong journey requiring dependence on the Holy Spirit.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_28.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 28</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_isaiah_28_9-10_contradict_wisdom_texts.htm">In Isaiah 28:9–10, is the idea of teaching “line upon line, precept upon precept” contradicted by other biblical texts that emphasize understanding and wisdom over rote instruction? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_child_weaning.htm">What does the Bible say about weaning a child?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_bible's_purpose.htm">What is the Bible's purpose?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_foods_are_mentioned_in_the_bible.htm">What foods are mentioned in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/28.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(9) <span class= "bld">Whom shall he teach knowledge?</span>--The two verses that follow reproduce the language of the drunkards as they talk scornfully of the prophet. "To whom does he come with what he calls his 'knowledge' and his 'doctrine?' (better, <span class= "ital">message, </span>as in <a href="/isaiah/28-19.htm" title="From the time that it goes forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.">Isaiah 28:19</a>). Does he think that they are boys just weaned, who are to be taught the first elements of the religion of the infant school?" Then in their mockery they describe (<a href="/isaiah/28-10.htm" title="For precept must be on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, and there a little:">Isaiah 28:10</a>) his teaching, with what was to them its wearisome iteration, "Always precept upon precept, line upon line <span class= "bld">. . .</span>"--petty rebukes and puerile harping upon the same note, <span class= "ital">semper eandem canens cantilenam. </span>We can scarcely doubt that Isaiah was indignantly reproducing, as St. Paul does in <a href="/2_corinthians/10-10.htm" title="For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.">2Corinthians 10:10</a>; <a href="/context/2_corinthians/11-16.htm" title="I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.">2Corinthians 11:16-17</a>; the very words, almost the drunken accents, in which the priests and false prophets had spoken of him.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/28.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 9.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Whom shall he teach</span>? A sudden and abrupt transition. The best explanation seems to be that suggested by Jerome, and followed by Bishop Lowth and most commentators, viz. that the prophet dramatically introduces his adversaries as replying to him with taunting speeches. "Whom does he think he is teaching?" they ask. "Mere children, just weaned from their mother's milk, and taken away from the breast? Does he forget that we are grown men - nay, priests and prophets? And what poor teaching it is! What 'endless petty feazing'! (Delitzsch) - precept upon precept," etc. The intention is to throw ridicule upon the smallness and vexatious character of the prophet's interminable and uninterrupted chidings (Delitzsch). <span class="cmt_word">Knowledge... doctrine</span>. Technical terms in Isaiah's teaching, which his adversaries seem to have ridiculed as "catch-words." The term translated "doctrine" means properly "tidings," and involves the idea that the prophet obtained the teaching so designated by direct revelation from God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/28-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Who is it</span><br /><span class="heb">מִי֙</span> <span class="translit">(mî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4310.htm">Strong's 4310: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He is trying to teach?</span><br /><span class="heb">יוֹרֶ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(yō·w·reh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3384.htm">Strong's 3384: </a> </span><span class="str2">To flow as water, to lay, throw, to point out, to teach</span><br /><br /><span class="word">To whom</span><br /><span class="heb">מִ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(mî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4310.htm">Strong's 4310: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is He explaining</span><br /><span class="heb">יָבִ֣ין</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḇîn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_995.htm">Strong's 995: </a> </span><span class="str2">To separate mentally, understand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">His message?</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁמוּעָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(šə·mū·‘āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8052.htm">Strong's 8052: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something heard, an announcement</span><br /><br /><span class="word">To infants just weaned</span><br /><span class="heb">גְּמוּלֵי֙</span> <span class="translit">(gə·mū·lê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1580.htm">Strong's 1580: </a> </span><span class="str2">To deal fully or adequately with, deal out to, wean, ripen</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from milk?</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵֽחָלָ֔ב</span> <span class="translit">(mê·ḥā·lāḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2461.htm">Strong's 2461: </a> </span><span class="str2">Milk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">To babies removed</span><br /><span class="heb">עַתִּיקֵ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(‘at·tî·qê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6267.htm">Strong's 6267: </a> </span><span class="str2">Removed, weaned, antique</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from the breast?</span><br /><span class="heb">מִשָּׁדָֽיִם׃</span> <span class="translit">(miš·šā·ḏā·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - md<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7699.htm">Strong's 7699: </a> </span><span class="str2">The breast of a, woman, animal</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/28-9.htm">Isaiah 28:9 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/28-9.htm">Isaiah 28:9 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/28-9.htm">Isaiah 28:9 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/28-9.htm">Isaiah 28:9 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/28-9.htm">Isaiah 28:9 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/28-9.htm">Isaiah 28:9 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/28-9.htm">Isaiah 28:9 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/28-9.htm">Isaiah 28:9 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/28-9.htm">Isaiah 28:9 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/28-9.htm">Isaiah 28:9 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/28-9.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 28:9 Whom will he teach knowledge? 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