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href="/bsb/isaiah/28.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/isaiah/28.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Very well then, with foreign lips and strange tongues God will speak to this people,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/isaiah/28.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />So now God will have to speak to his people through foreign oppressors who speak a strange language!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/28.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For by people of strange lips and with a foreign tongue the LORD will speak to this people,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/28.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Indeed, with mocking lips and foreign tongues, He will speak to this people<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/28.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/28.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For with stammering lips and another tongue He will speak to this people,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/28.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Indeed, He will speak to this people Through stammering lips and a foreign tongue,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/28.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Indeed, He will speak to this people Through stammering lips and a foreign tongue,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/28.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Indeed, He will speak to this people Through stammering lips and a foreign tongue,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/28.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Indeed, He will speak to this people Through stammering lips and a foreign tongue,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/28.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Indeed, the LORD will teach this people [in a more humiliating way] By [men with] stammering lips and a foreign tongue,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/28.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For he will speak to this people with stammering speech and in a foreign language.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/28.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So He will speak to this people with stammering speech and in a foreign language. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/28.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Nay, but by men of strange lips and with another tongue will he speak to this people;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/28.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />So, the Lord will speak to his people in strange sounds and foreign languages. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/28.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Nay, but by men of strange lips and with another tongue will he speak to this people:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/28.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The LORD will speak to these people. He will mock them by speaking in a foreign language.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/28.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />If you won't listen to me, then God will use foreigners speaking some strange-sounding language to teach you a lesson. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/28.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Very well, then, through the mouths of foreigners and foreign languages the LORD will speak to this people<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/28.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Indeed, with mocking lips and foreign tongues, He will speak to this people<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/28.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />For with mocking lips and a foreign tongue he will speak to these people. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/28.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />But he will speak to this nation with stammering lips and a strange language;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/28.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/28.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />But he will speak to this nation with stammering lips and in another language, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/28.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />For by scorned lip, and by another tongue, "" Does He speak to this people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/28.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For by scorned lip, and by another tongue, Doth He speak unto this people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/28.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For with the stammerings of the lip and with another tongue he will speak to this people.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/28.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For with the speech of lips, and with another tongue he will speak to this people. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/28.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For with the speech of lips and with a different language, he will speak to this people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/28.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Yes, with stammering lips and in a strange language he will speak to this people, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/28.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Truly, with stammering lip and with alien tongue he will speak to this people,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/28.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For with a difficult speech and with an alien tongue will he speak to this people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/28.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because with difficult speech and in another language I shall speak with this people<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/28.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For with stammering lips and with a strange tongue Shall it be spoken to this people;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/28.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />by reason of the contemptuous <i>words</i> of the lips, by means of another language: for they shall speak to this people, saying to them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/28-11.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=5660" 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">10</span>For they hear: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there.” <span class="reftext">11</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">Indeed,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3934.htm" title="3934: bə·la·‘ă·ḡê (Prep-b:: Adj-mpc) -- Mocking. From la'ag; a buffoon; also a foreigner.">with mocking</a> <a href="/hebrew/8193.htm" title="8193: śā·p̄āh (N-fs) -- Or sepheth; probably from caphah or shaphah through the idea of termination; the lip; by implication, language; by analogy, a margin.">lips</a> <a href="/hebrew/312.htm" title="312: ’a·ḥe·reṯ (Adj-fs) -- Another. From 'achar; properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.">and foreign</a> <a href="/hebrew/3956.htm" title="3956: ū·ḇə·lā·šō·wn (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-cs) -- Tongue. Or lashon; also feminine lshonah; from lashan; the tongue, used literally, and figuratively.">tongues,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: yə·ḏab·bêr (V-Piel-Imperf-3ms) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">He will speak</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">this</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: hā·‘ām (Art:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">people</a> </span><span class="reftext">12</span>to whom He has said: “This is the place of rest, let the weary rest; this is the place of repose.” But they would not listen.…<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="/1_corinthians/14-21.htm">1 Corinthians 14:21</a></span><br />It is written in the Law: “By strange tongues and foreign lips I will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to Me, says the Lord.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-49.htm">Deuteronomy 28:49</a></span><br />The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/5-15.htm">Jeremiah 5:15</a></span><br />Behold, I am bringing a distant nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. “It is an established nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know and whose speech you do not understand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/2-4.htm">Acts 2:4-11</a></span><br />And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. / Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven. / And when this sound rang out, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard them speaking his own language. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/14-22.htm">1 Corinthians 14:22</a></span><br />Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers, but for unbelievers. Prophecy, however, is for believers, not for unbelievers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/33-19.htm">Isaiah 33:19</a></span><br />You will no longer see the insolent, a people whose speech is unintelligible, who stammer in a language you cannot understand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/29-10.htm">Isaiah 29:10-12</a></span><br />For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes, O prophets; He has covered your heads, O seers. / And the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a scroll. If it is handed to someone to read, he will say, “I cannot, because it is sealed.” / Or if the scroll is handed to one unable to read, he will say, “I cannot read.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-22.htm">1 Corinthians 1:22</a></span><br />Jews demand signs and Greeks search for wisdom,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/32-4.htm">Isaiah 32:4</a></span><br />The mind of the rash will know and understand, and the stammering tongue will speak clearly and fluently.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/6-9.htm">Isaiah 6:9-10</a></span><br />And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ / Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/13-14.htm">Matthew 13:14-15</a></span><br />In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. / For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-8.htm">Romans 11:8</a></span><br />as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/3-5.htm">Ezekiel 3:5-6</a></span><br />For you are not being sent to a people of unfamiliar speech or difficult language, but to the house of Israel— / not to the many peoples of unfamiliar speech and difficult language whose words you cannot understand. Surely if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-28.htm">Isaiah 30:28</a></span><br />His breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/8-16.htm">Isaiah 8:16</a></span><br />Bind up the testimony and seal the law among my disciples.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.</p><p class="hdg">with</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/28-49.htm">Deuteronomy 28:49</a></b></br> The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, <i>as swift</i> as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/5-15.htm">Jeremiah 5:15</a></b></br> Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it <i>is</i> a mighty nation, it <i>is</i> an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_corinthians/14-21.htm">1 Corinthians 14:21</a></b></br> In the law it is written, With <i>men of</i> other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.</p><p class="hdg">stammering lips.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/17-10.htm">Alien</a> <a href="/isaiah/27-11.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-10.htm">Foreign</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-12.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-4.htm">Lips</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-15.htm">Nation</a> <a href="/songs/8-7.htm">Scorned</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-18.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-19.htm">Stammering</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-10.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/10-13.htm">Talk</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-15.htm">Tongue</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-17.htm">Tongues</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-3.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/28-21.htm">Alien</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-13.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-25.htm">Foreign</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-28.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-13.htm">Lips</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-18.htm">Nation</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-19.htm">Scorned</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-4.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-4.htm">Stammering</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-21.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-9.htm">Talk</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-27.htm">Tongue</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-17.htm">Tongues</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-13.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 28</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/28-1.htm">The prophet threatens Ephraim for their pride and drunkenness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/28-5.htm">The residue shall be advanced in the kingdom of Christ</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/28-7.htm">He rebukes their error</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/28-9.htm">Their unwillingness to learn</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/28-14.htm">And their security</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/28-16.htm">Christ the sure foundation is promised</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/28-17.htm">Their security shall be tried</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/28-23.htm">They are incited to the consideration of God's providence</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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It suggests that what follows is a definitive declaration from God, underscoring the seriousness of the message.<p><b>with mocking lips</b><br>The phrase "mocking lips" indicates a tone of derision or scorn. In the context of Isaiah, this reflects the attitude of the Assyrians or Babylonians, who would conquer and oppress Israel. Their language and actions would be a form of divine judgment, as God uses foreign nations to discipline His people. This mocking can also be seen as a fulfillment of the warnings given to Israel for their disobedience.<p><b>and foreign tongues,</b><br>"Foreign tongues" refers to languages that are not understood by the Israelites. This is significant because it highlights the alienation and confusion that would come upon Israel as a result of their disobedience. The use of foreign languages is a sign of judgment, as seen in the Tower of Babel (<a href="/genesis/11.htm">Genesis 11:1-9</a>) and later in the New Testament at Pentecost (<a href="/acts/2.htm">Acts 2:1-12</a>), where the reversal of this confusion is a sign of the Holy Spirit's work.<p><b>He will speak to this people</b><br>God speaking through foreign nations is a recurring theme in the Bible, where He uses unexpected means to communicate His will and judgment. This phrase indicates that despite Israel's failure to heed God's direct messages through prophets, He will still communicate His purposes, albeit through the actions and languages of foreign conquerors. This can be seen as a type of Christ, who also spoke in ways that were unexpected and often misunderstood by the people of His time.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, Isaiah is the author of the book bearing his name. He prophesied to the Kingdom of Judah during a time of moral and spiritual decline.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_people_of_judah.htm">The People of Judah</a></b><br>The primary audience of Isaiah's prophecy. They were often rebellious and unfaithful to God, leading to warnings of impending judgment.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/f/foreign_nations.htm">Foreign Nations</a></b><br>Refers to the Assyrians and later the Babylonians, who were instruments of God's judgment against Israel and Judah.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The ultimate speaker through Isaiah, using foreign nations to communicate His message of judgment and call to repentance.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/a/assyrian_invasion.htm">Assyrian Invasion</a></b><br>A historical event where the Assyrians conquered the Northern Kingdom of Israel and threatened Judah, serving as a fulfillment of Isaiah's prophecy.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_judgment.htm">God's Sovereignty in Judgment</a></b><br>God uses even foreign nations and languages to fulfill His purposes. This reminds us of His ultimate control over all events and nations.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>Persistent rebellion against God leads to judgment. The people of Judah experienced this through the Assyrian and Babylonian invasions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>Even in judgment, God's desire is for His people to return to Him. We are called to examine our lives and turn back to God in areas where we have strayed.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_god's_communication.htm">Understanding God's Communication</a></b><br>God can use unexpected means to communicate with us. We should be attentive to His voice, even when it comes in ways we do not anticipate.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophecy.htm">The Role of Prophecy</a></b><br>Prophecy serves as both a warning and a call to repentance. It is a reminder of God's justice and mercy.<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/why_speak_in_tongues.htm">What is the purpose of speaking in tongues?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_tongues.htm">What does the Bible say about praying in tongues?</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/how_to_show_daily_compassion.htm">What is the purpose of speaking in tongues?</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>(11) <span class= "bld">With stammering lips and another tongue . . .</span>--The "stammering lips" are those of the Assyrian conquerors, whose speech would seem to the men of Judah as a barbarous <span class= "ital">patois. </span>They, with their short sharp commands, would be the next utterers of Jehovah's will to the people who would not listen to the prophet's teaching. The description of the "stammering tongue" re-appears in <a href="/isaiah/33-19.htm" title="You shall not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than you can perceive; of a stammering tongue, that you can not understand.">Isaiah 33:19</a>. (Comp. <a href="/deuteronomy/28-49.htm" title="The LORD shall bring a nation against you from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flies; a nation whose tongue you shall not understand;">Deuteronomy 28:49</a>.) In <a href="/1_corinthians/14-21.htm" title="In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak to this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, said the LORD.">1Corinthians 14:21</a>, the words are applied to the gift of "tongues," which, in its ecstatic utterances, was unintelligible to those who heard it, and was therefore, as the speech of the barbarian conquerors was in Isaiah's thoughts, the antithesis of true prophetic teaching.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/28.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 11-13.</span> - JUDAH'S PUNISHMENT. God will retort on the Jews their scorn of his prophet, and, as they will not be taught by his utterances, which they find to be childish and unrefined, will teach them by utterances still more unrefined - those of the Assyrians, which will be quite as monotonous and quite as full of minutiae as Isaiah's. <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 11.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">With stammering lips and with another tongue</span>. The Assyrian language, though a Semitic idiom nearly allied to Hebrew, was sufficiently different to sound in the ears of a Jew like his own tongue mispronounced and barbarized. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/28-11.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">So</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֚י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with stammering</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּלַעֲגֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·la·‘ă·ḡê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Adjective - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3934.htm">Strong's 3934: </a> </span><span class="str2">A buffoon, a foreigner</span><br /><br /><span class="word">speech</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׂפָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(śā·p̄āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8193.htm">Strong's 8193: </a> </span><span class="str2">The lip, language, a margin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and a foreign</span><br /><span class="heb">אַחֶ֑רֶת</span> <span class="translit">(’a·ḥe·reṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_312.htm">Strong's 312: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hinder, next, other</span><br /><br /><span class="word">tongue,</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבְלָשׁ֖וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇə·lā·šō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3956.htm">Strong's 3956: </a> </span><span class="str2">The tongue</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He will speak</span><br /><span class="heb">יְדַבֵּ֖ר</span> <span class="translit">(yə·ḏab·bêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arrange, to speak, to subdue</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">this</span><br /><span class="heb">הַזֶּֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(haz·zeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> </span><span class="str2">This, that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">people</span><br /><span class="heb">הָעָ֥ם</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘ām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/28-11.htm">Isaiah 28:11 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/28-11.htm">Isaiah 28:11 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/28-11.htm">Isaiah 28:11 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/28-11.htm">Isaiah 28:11 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/28-11.htm">Isaiah 28:11 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/28-11.htm">Isaiah 28:11 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/28-11.htm">Isaiah 28:11 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/28-11.htm">Isaiah 28:11 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/28-11.htm">Isaiah 28:11 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/28-11.htm">Isaiah 28:11 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/28-11.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 28:11 But he will speak to this nation (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/28-10.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 28:10"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 28:10" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/28-12.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 28:12"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 28:12" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>