21 In (A)the [a]Law it is written: “(B)By men of strange tongues and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people, and even so they will not listen to Me,” says the Lord. 22 So then, tongues are for a sign, not to those who believe but to unbelievers; but (C)prophecy is not for unbelievers, but for those who believe.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 14:21 I.e., Old Testament, Isaiah

21 In the Law(A) it is written:

“With other tongues
    and through the lips of foreigners
I will speak to this people,
    but even then they will not listen to me,(B)
says the Lord.”[a]

22 Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers but for unbelievers; prophecy,(C) however, is not for unbelievers but for believers.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 14:21 Isaiah 28:11,12

11 Indeed, He will speak to this people
Through (A)stammering lips and a foreign tongue,
12 He who said to them, “This is the (B)place of quiet, give rest to the weary,”
And, “This is the resting place,” but they would not listen.

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11 Very well then, with foreign lips and strange tongues(A)
    God will speak to this people,(B)
12 to whom he said,
    “This is the resting place, let the weary rest”;(C)
and, “This is the place of repose”—
    but they would not listen.

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15 Behold, I am (A)bringing a nation against you from far away, you house of Israel,” declares the Lord.
“It is an enduring nation,
It is an ancient nation,
A nation whose (B)language you do not know,
Nor can you understand what they say.

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15 People of Israel,” declares the Lord,
    “I am bringing a distant nation(A) against you—
an ancient and enduring nation,
    a people whose language(B) you do not know,
    whose speech you do not understand.

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