10 For [a]precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept, line unto line, line unto line, there a little, and there a little.

11 For with a stammering [b]tongue, and with a strange language shall he speak unto this people.

12 Unto whom [c]he said, [d]This is the rest: [e]give rest unto him that is weary, and this is the refreshing, but they would not hear.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 28:10 They must have one thing ofttimes told.
  2. Isaiah 28:11 Let one teach what he can, yet they shall no more understand him, than if he spake in a strange language.
  3. Isaiah 28:12 That is, the Prophet, whom God should send.
  4. Isaiah 28:12 This is the doctrine, whereupon ye ought to stay and rest.
  5. Isaiah 28:12 Show to them that are weary and have need of rest, what is the true rest.

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