Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Very well then, with foreign lips and strange tongues God will speak to this people, New Living Translation So now God will have to speak to his people through foreign oppressors who speak a strange language! English Standard Version For by people of strange lips and with a foreign tongue the LORD will speak to this people, Berean Standard Bible Indeed, with mocking lips and foreign tongues, He will speak to this people King James Bible For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. New King James Version For with stammering lips and another tongue He will speak to this people, New American Standard Bible Indeed, He will speak to this people Through stammering lips and a foreign tongue, NASB 1995 Indeed, He will speak to this people Through stammering lips and a foreign tongue, NASB 1977 Indeed, He will speak to this people Through stammering lips and a foreign tongue, Legacy Standard Bible Indeed, He will speak to this people Through stammering lips and a foreign tongue, Amplified Bible Indeed, the LORD will teach this people [in a more humiliating way] By [men with] stammering lips and a foreign tongue, Christian Standard Bible For he will speak to this people with stammering speech and in a foreign language. Holman Christian Standard Bible So He will speak to this people with stammering speech and in a foreign language. American Standard Version Nay, but by men of strange lips and with another tongue will he speak to this people; Contemporary English Version So, the Lord will speak to his people in strange sounds and foreign languages. English Revised Version Nay, but by men of strange lips and with another tongue will he speak to this people: GOD'S WORD® Translation The LORD will speak to these people. He will mock them by speaking in a foreign language. Good News Translation If you won't listen to me, then God will use foreigners speaking some strange-sounding language to teach you a lesson. International Standard Version Very well, then, through the mouths of foreigners and foreign languages the LORD will speak to this people Majority Standard Bible Indeed, with mocking lips and foreign tongues, He will speak to this people NET Bible For with mocking lips and a foreign tongue he will speak to these people. New Heart English Bible But he will speak to this nation with stammering lips and a strange language; Webster's Bible Translation For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. World English Bible But he will speak to this nation with stammering lips and in another language, Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionFor by scorned lip, and by another tongue, "" Does He speak to this people. Young's Literal Translation For by scorned lip, and by another tongue, Doth He speak unto this people. Smith's Literal Translation For with the stammerings of the lip and with another tongue he will speak to this people. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleFor with the speech of lips, and with another tongue he will speak to this people. Catholic Public Domain Version For with the speech of lips and with a different language, he will speak to this people. New American Bible Yes, with stammering lips and in a strange language he will speak to this people, New Revised Standard Version Truly, with stammering lip and with alien tongue he will speak to this people, Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleFor with a difficult speech and with an alien tongue will he speak to this people. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Because with difficult speech and in another language I shall speak with this people OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917For with stammering lips and with a strange tongue Shall it be spoken to this people; Brenton Septuagint Translation by reason of the contemptuous words of the lips, by means of another language: for they shall speak to this people, saying to them, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Judgment on Ephraim…10For they hear: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there.” 11Indeed, with mocking lips and foreign tongues, He will speak to this people 12to 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.… Cross References 1 Corinthians 14:21 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.” Deuteronomy 28:49 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, Jeremiah 5:15 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. Acts 2:4-11 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. ... 1 Corinthians 14:22 Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers, but for unbelievers. Prophecy, however, is for believers, not for unbelievers. Isaiah 33:19 You will no longer see the insolent, a people whose speech is unintelligible, who stammer in a language you cannot understand. Isaiah 29:10-12 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.” 1 Corinthians 1:22 Jews demand signs and Greeks search for wisdom, Isaiah 32:4 The mind of the rash will know and understand, and the stammering tongue will speak clearly and fluently. Isaiah 6:9-10 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.” Matthew 13:14-15 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.’ Romans 11:8 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.” Ezekiel 3:5-6 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. Isaiah 30:28 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. Isaiah 8:16 Bind up the testimony and seal the law among my disciples. Treasury of Scripture For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. with Deuteronomy 28:49 The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; Jeremiah 5:15 Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say. 1 Corinthians 14:21 In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord. stammering lips. Jump to Previous Alien Broken Foreign Indeed Lips Nation Scorned Speak Stammering Strange Talk Tongue Tongues WordJump to Next Alien Broken Foreign Indeed Lips Nation Scorned Speak Stammering Strange Talk Tongue Tongues WordIsaiah 28 1. The prophet threatens Ephraim for their pride and drunkenness5. The residue shall be advanced in the kingdom of Christ 7. He rebukes their error 9. Their unwillingness to learn 14. And their security 16. Christ the sure foundation is promised 17. Their security shall be tried 23. They are incited to the consideration of God's providence For with stammering lips and foreign tongues For This word serves as a conjunction, linking the current verse to the preceding context. In Isaiah 28, the prophet is addressing the leaders of Ephraim and Judah, who have become complacent and arrogant. The use of "for" indicates a continuation of the warning and judgment that God is pronouncing through Isaiah. It suggests that what follows is a consequence or further explanation of the previous statements about the people's disobedience and pride. with stammering lips and foreign tongues He will speak to this people Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Soכִּ֚י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction with stammering בְּלַעֲגֵ֣י (bə·la·‘ă·ḡê) Preposition-b | Adjective - masculine plural construct Strong's 3934: A buffoon, a foreigner speech שָׂפָ֔ה (śā·p̄āh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8193: The lip, language, a margin and a foreign אַחֶ֑רֶת (’a·ḥe·reṯ) Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 312: Hinder, next, other tongue, וּבְלָשׁ֖וֹן (ū·ḇə·lā·šō·wn) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - common singular Strong's 3956: The tongue He will speak יְדַבֵּ֖ר (yə·ḏab·bêr) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to this הַזֶּֽה׃ (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's 2088: This, that people הָעָ֥ם (hā·‘ām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock Links Isaiah 28:11 NIVIsaiah 28:11 NLT Isaiah 28:11 ESV Isaiah 28:11 NASB Isaiah 28:11 KJV Isaiah 28:11 BibleApps.com Isaiah 28:11 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 28:11 Chinese Bible Isaiah 28:11 French Bible Isaiah 28:11 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 28:11 But he will speak to this nation (Isa Isi Is) |