Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
Book of Isaiah
Chapter 28  -  Read Chapter
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 28:12 GSB -> Study Notes on 28:12 JFB -> Commentary on 28:12 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 28:12 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 28:12 TSK -> Commentary on 28:12 TSK -> Entry for 28:12 WEN -> Notes on 28:12 NTB -> Impenitence; Isaiah; Peace; Quotations And Allusions; Word Of God TTT -> Call of God, The SBD -> Law 28:12 - [In Context] In the past God spoke to those people, and he said, "Here is a resting place. This is the peaceful place. Let the tired people come and rest. This is the place of peace." But the people did not want to listen to God.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 28:13 GSB -> Study Notes on 28:13 JFB -> Commentary on 28:13 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 28:13 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 28:13 TSK -> Commentary on 28:13 TSK -> Entry for 28:13 WEN -> Notes on 28:13 NTB -> Blindness; Isaiah; Reprobacy; Word Of God 28:13 - [In Context] So the words from God were like a foreign language: F257 Saw lasaw saw lasaw. Qaw laqaw qaw laqaw. Ze'er sham ze'er sham." F258 The people did like they wanted to do. So the people fell back and were defeated. The people were trapped and captured.
FOOTNOTES: F257: foreign language   Or, "gibberish" or "baby talk." F258: Saw lasaw … ze'er sham   This is probably a Hebrew song to teach little children how to write. It sounds like baby talk or a foreign language, but it can also be translated, "A command here, a command there. A rule here, a rule there. A lesson here, a lesson there.

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