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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 />Therefore hear the word of the LORD, you scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/isaiah/28.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Therefore, listen to this message from the LORD, you scoffing rulers in Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/28.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore hear the word of the LORD, you scoffers, who rule this people in Jerusalem!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/28.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/28.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which <i>is</i> in Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/28.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Therefore hear the word of the LORD, you scornful men, Who rule this people who <i>are</i> in Jerusalem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/28.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, hear the word of the LORD, you scoffers, Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/28.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Therefore, hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers, Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/28.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Therefore, hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers, Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/28.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Therefore, hear the word of Yahweh, O scoffers, Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/28.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, hear the word of the LORD, you arrogant men Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/28.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore hear the word of the LORD, you scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/28.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore hear the word of the LORD, you mockers who rule this people in Jerusalem. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/28.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Wherefore hear the word of Jehovah, ye scoffers, that rule this people that is in Jerusalem:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/28.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You rulers of Jerusalem do nothing but sneer; now you must listen to what the LORD says. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/28.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/28.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />So hear the word of the LORD, you foolish talkers who rule the people in Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/28.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Now you arrogant leaders who rule here in Jerusalem over this people, listen to what the LORD is saying. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/28.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Therefore hear the message from the LORD, you scoffers who rule this people that are in Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/28.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, listen to the LORD's word, you who mock, you rulers of these people who reside in Jerusalem! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/28.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Therefore hear the word of the LORD, you scoffers, that rule this people in Jerusalem:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/28.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/28.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/28.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Therefore hear Yahweh’s word, you scoffers, that rule this people in Jerusalem: <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/28.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore, hear a word of YHWH, you men of scorning, "" Ruling this people that [is] in Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/28.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Therefore, hear a word of Jehovah, ye men of scorning, Ruling this people that is in Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/28.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For this, hear ye the word of Jehovah, ye men of scorn, ruling this people which is in Jerusalem.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/28.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men, who rule over my people that is in Jerusalem. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/28.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Because of this, listen to the word of the Lord, you mocking men, who lord it over my people who are at Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/28.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, hear the word of the LORD, you scoffers, who rule this people in Jerusalem: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/28.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore hear the word of the LORD, you scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/28.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Therefore hear the word of the LORD, O you scornful men, who rule this people that is in Jerusalem:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/28.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because of this, hear the answer of LORD JEHOVAH: mockers, Rulers of this people in Jerusalem:<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/28.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scoffers, The ballad-mongers of this people which is in Jerusalem:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/28.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Therefore hear ye the word of the Lord, ye afflicted men, and ye princes of this people that is in Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/28-14.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=5695" 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">A Cornerstone in Zion</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">14</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: lā·ḵên (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so.">Therefore</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: šim·‘ū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">hear</a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: ḏə·ḇar- (N-msc) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause.">the word</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/582.htm" title="582: ’an·šê (N-mpc) -- Man, mankind. From 'anash; properly, a mortal; hence, a man in general.">O</a> <a href="/hebrew/3944.htm" title="3944: lā·ṣō·wn (N-ms) -- A scorning. From luwts; derision.">scoffers</a> <a href="/hebrew/4910.htm" title="4910: mō·šə·lê (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- To rule, have dominion, reign. A primitive root; to rule.">who rule</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/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></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> <a href="/hebrew/3389.htm" title="3389: bî·rū·šā·lim (Prep-b:: N-proper-fs) -- Probably foundation of peace, capital city of all Isr. ">in Jerusalem.</a> </span><span class="reftext">15</span>For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.”…<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="/isaiah/8-6.htm">Isaiah 8:6-8</a></span><br />“Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoiced in Rezin and the son of Remaliah, / the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates—the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks. / It will pour into Judah, swirling and sweeping over it, reaching up to the neck; its spreading streams will cover your entire land, O Immanuel!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-1.htm">Isaiah 30:1-3</a></span><br />“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin. / They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shade. / But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/5-18.htm">Isaiah 5:18-19</a></span><br />Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceit and pull sin along with cart ropes, / to those who say, “Let Him hurry and hasten His work so that we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come so that we may know it!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/29-15.htm">Isaiah 29:15-16</a></span><br />Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?” / You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of the potter, “He has no understanding”?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-9.htm">Isaiah 30:9-11</a></span><br />These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction. / They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions. / Get out of the way; turn off the road. Rid us of the Holy One of Israel!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/5-12.htm">Jeremiah 5:12-13</a></span><br />They have lied about the LORD and said: “He will not do anything; harm will not come to us; we will not see sword or famine. / The prophets are but wind, for the word is not in them. So let their own predictions befall them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/6-14.htm">Jeremiah 6:14-15</a></span><br />They dress the wound of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all. / Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse,” says the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/13-10.htm">Ezekiel 13:10-16</a></span><br />Because they have led My people astray, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and whitewashing any flimsy wall that is built, / tell those whitewashing the wall that it will fall. Rain will come in torrents, I will send hailstones plunging down, and a windstorm will burst forth. / Surely when the wall has fallen, you will not be asked, ‘Where is the whitewash with which you covered it?’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/10-13.htm">Hosea 10:13</a></span><br />You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your mighty men,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/2-11.htm">Micah 2:11</a></span><br />If a man of wind were to come and say falsely, “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,” he would be just the preacher for this people!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-29.htm">Matthew 23:29-33</a></span><br />Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous. / And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’ / So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/21-42.htm">Matthew 21:42-44</a></span><br />Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’? / Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit. / He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/20-17.htm">Luke 20:17-18</a></span><br />But Jesus looked directly at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of that which is written: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’? / Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-31.htm">Romans 9:31-33</a></span><br />but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it. / Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone, / as it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/2-6.htm">1 Peter 2:6-8</a></span><br />For it stands in Scripture: “See, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious cornerstone; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.” / To you who believe, then, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,” / and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Why hear the word of the LORD, you scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.</p><p class="hdg">ye</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/28-22.htm">Isaiah 28:22</a></b></br> Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/1-10.htm">Isaiah 1:10</a></b></br> Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/5-9.htm">Isaiah 5:9</a></b></br> In mine ears <i>said</i> the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, <i>even</i> great and fair, without inhabitant.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/28-12.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-12.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/isaiah/27-13.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-3.htm">Pride</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-13.htm">Rule</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-3.htm">Rulers</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-23.htm">Ruling</a> <a href="/proverbs/29-8.htm">Scoffers</a> <a href="/proverbs/29-8.htm">Scornful</a> <a href="/proverbs/29-8.htm">Scorning</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-15.htm">Wherefore</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-13.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/28-23.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-23.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-19.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-23.htm">Pride</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-13.htm">Rule</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-10.htm">Rulers</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-1.htm">Ruling</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-22.htm">Scoffers</a> <a href="/mark/5-40.htm">Scornful</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-10.htm">Scorning</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-13.htm">Wherefore</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-22.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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/28.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/isaiah/28.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Therefore hear the word of the LORD</b><br>This phrase serves as a divine summons, emphasizing the authority and importance of the message that follows. The phrase "word of the LORD" is a common biblical expression indicating a direct communication from God, often through a prophet. In the context of Isaiah, it underscores the seriousness of the prophecy and the need for the audience to pay attention. This call to listen is reminiscent of other prophetic calls to heed God's word, such as in <a href="/jeremiah/7-2.htm">Jeremiah 7:2</a> and <a href="/ezekiel/3-10.htm">Ezekiel 3:10</a>.<p><b>O scoffers</b><br>The term "scoffers" refers to those who mock or dismiss the warnings and teachings of God. In the biblical context, scoffing is often associated with a hardened heart and a refusal to repent, as seen in <a href="/proverbs/1-22.htm">Proverbs 1:22</a> and <a href="/2_peter/3-3.htm">2 Peter 3:3</a>. These individuals are characterized by their arrogance and disbelief, which leads them to reject divine instruction. The presence of scoffers in Jerusalem highlights the spiritual decay and rebellion against God among the leaders and people.<p><b>who rule this people in Jerusalem</b><br>This phrase identifies the specific audience of the prophecy: the leaders of Jerusalem. These rulers are responsible for guiding the people but are instead leading them astray through their scoffing and disobedience. Jerusalem, as the political and spiritual center of Israel, holds significant importance in biblical history. The city's leaders are expected to uphold God's covenant and laws, yet their failure to do so brings about divine judgment. This situation is reminiscent of other instances where leaders failed their people, such as in <a href="/1_kings/12-25.htm">1 Kings 12:25-33</a> with Jeroboam's idolatry. The mention of Jerusalem also foreshadows the eventual judgment and exile that would come upon the city due to its leaders' unfaithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a></b><br>The sovereign God of Israel, who speaks through the prophet Isaiah.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>The prophet who delivers God's message to the people of Judah and Jerusalem.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/scoffers.htm">Scoffers</a></b><br>The leaders and rulers in Jerusalem who mock and dismiss God's warnings.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The capital city of Judah, representing the spiritual and political center of the nation.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_people.htm">The People</a></b><br>The inhabitants of Jerusalem, who are under the leadership of the scoffers.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_scoffing.htm">The Danger of Scoffing</a></b><br>Scoffing at God's word leads to spiritual blindness and judgment. We must approach God's word with humility and reverence.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/leadership_accountability.htm">Leadership Accountability</a></b><br>Leaders are held to a high standard and are accountable for guiding their people in righteousness. We should pray for and support godly leadership.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_listening.htm">The Importance of Listening</a></b><br>God calls us to listen to His word. Active listening involves obedience and a willingness to change.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>Ignoring God's warnings can lead to severe consequences. We should heed His instructions to avoid spiritual downfall.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_persistent_call.htm">God's Persistent Call</a></b><br>Despite the people's rebellion, God continues to call them to repentance. This demonstrates His patience and desire for restoration.<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/will_the_death_covenant_end.htm">Will the covenant with death be annulled?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_king_ahaz_in_biblical_history.htm">Who was King Ahaz in biblical history?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_is_jesus_christ.htm">Who is Jesus Christ?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_131_3_address_israel's_exiles.htm">In Psalm 131:3, how can we reconcile the call for Israel to trust forever with the nation's historical periods of exile and suffering?</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>(14) <span class= "bld">Ye scornful men, that rule this people . . .</span>--The last words emphasise the fact that the men who derided the prophet in their worldly wisdom were found among Hezekiah's chief princes and counsellors, the partizans now of an Assyrian, now of an Egyptian alliance--anything rather than the policy of righteousness and repentance.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/28.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 14-22.</span> - THE REBUKE OF JUDAH'S NOBLES. The power of the nobles under the later Jewish monarchy is very apparent throughout Isaiah's prophecy. It is they, and not the king, who are always blamed for bad government (<a href="/isaiah/1-10.htm">Isaiah 1:10-23</a>; <a href="/isaiah/3-12.htm">Isaiah 3:12-15</a>, etc.) or errors of policy (<a href="/isaiah/9-15.htm">Isaiah 9:15, 16</a>; <a href="/isaiah/22-15.htm">Isaiah 22:15-19</a>, etc.). Isaiah now turns from a denunciation of the priests and prophets, who especially opposed his teaching, to a threatening of the great men who guided the course of public affairs. He taxes them with being "men of scorn" (ver. 14), <span class="accented">i.e.</span> scorners of Jehovah, and with" a proud and insolent self-confidence" (Delitzsch). They have made, or are about to make, secret arrangements which will, they believe, secure Judaea against suffering injury at the hands of the Assyrians, and are quite satisfied with what they have done, and fear no evil. Isaiah is instructed that their boasted arrangements will entirely fail in the time of trial - their "refuge" (Egypt) will be found a refuge of lies (ver. 17), and the "overflowing scourge" (Assyria) will pass through the land, and carry all before it (ver. 18). There will then ensue a time of "vexation" and discomfort (vers. 19, 20) - God's anger will be poured out upon the land in strange ways (ver. 21). He therefore warns the rulers to lay aside their scorn of God, and humble themselves, lest a worse thing happen to them (ver. 22). <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 14.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Ye scornful men</span>; literally, ye <span class="accented">men of scorn</span>. The word used is rare, but will be found in the same sense in <a href="/proverbs/1-22.htm">Proverbs 1:22</a> and Proverbs 29:8. A cognate participle occurs in <a href="/hosea/7-5.htm">Hosea 7:5</a>. <span class="cmt_word">That rule this people</span>. (On the authority of the nobles at this period, see the introductory paragraph.) <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/28-14.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">Therefore</span><br /><span class="heb">לָכֵ֛ן</span> <span class="translit">(lā·ḵên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3651.htm">Strong's 3651: </a> </span><span class="str2">So -- thus</span><br /><br /><span class="word">hear</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁמְע֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(šim·‘ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hear intelligently</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the word</span><br /><span class="heb">דְבַר־</span> <span class="translit">(ḏə·ḇar-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1697.htm">Strong's 1697: </a> </span><span class="str2">A word, a matter, thing, a cause</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the LORD,</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">O</span><br /><span class="heb">אַנְשֵׁ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(’an·šê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man as an individual, a male person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">scoffers,</span><br /><span class="heb">לָצ֑וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(lā·ṣō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3944.htm">Strong's 3944: </a> </span><span class="str2">A scorning</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who rule</span><br /><span class="heb">מֹֽשְׁלֵי֙</span> <span class="translit">(mō·šə·lê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4910.htm">Strong's 4910: </a> </span><span class="str2">To rule, have dominion, reign</span><br /><br /><span class="word">this</span><br /><span class="heb">הַזֶּ֔ה</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">הָעָ֣ם</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 /><br /><span class="word">in Jerusalem.</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(bî·rū·šā·lim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3389.htm">Strong's 3389: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/28-14.htm">Isaiah 28:14 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/28-14.htm">Isaiah 28:14 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/28-14.htm">Isaiah 28:14 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/28-14.htm">Isaiah 28:14 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/28-14.htm">Isaiah 28:14 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/28-14.htm">Isaiah 28:14 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/28-14.htm">Isaiah 28:14 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/28-14.htm">Isaiah 28:14 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/28-14.htm">Isaiah 28:14 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/28-14.htm">Isaiah 28:14 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/28-14.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 28:14 Therefore hear the word of Yahweh you (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/28-13.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 28:13"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 28:13" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/28-15.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 28:15"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 28:15" /></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>