Verse 9
Isaiah 28:9
Bible in Basic English
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To whom will he give knowledge? and to whom will he make clear the word? Will it be to those who have newly given up milk, and who have only now been taken from the breast?
Original Language Text
hebrew
אֶת מִי֙ יוֹרֶ֣ה דֵעָ֔ה וְ/אֶת מִ֖י יָבִ֣ין שְׁמוּעָ֑ה גְּמוּלֵי֙ מֵֽ/חָלָ֔ב עַתִּיקֵ֖י מִ/שָּׁדָֽיִם
English Translation
Who teaches knowledge, and who understands a message? Those weaned from milk, taken from the breast.
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Chapter 28 Context
1
Ho! crown of pride of those who are given up to wine in Ephraim, and the dead flower of his glory wh...
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See, the Lord has a strong and cruel one; like a rain of ice, a storm of destruction, like the overf...
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3
The crown of pride of those who are given up to wine in Ephraim will be crushed under foot;
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4
And the dead flower of his glory, which is on the head of the fertile valley, will be like the first...
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5
In that day will the Lord of armies be a crown of glory, and a fair ornament, to the rest of his peo...
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6
And a spirit of wisdom to the judge, and strength to those who keep back the attackers at the door o...
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7
And further, these are uncertain through wine, and have gone out of the right way through strong dri...
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8
For all the tables are covered with coughed-up food, so that there is not a clean place.
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9
To whom will he give knowledge? and to whom will he make clear the word? Will it be to those who hav...
10
For it is one rule after another; one line after another; here a little, there a little.
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11
No, but with broken talk, and with a strange tongue, he will give his word to this people:
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12
To whom he said, This is the rest, give rest to him who is tired; and by this you may get new streng...
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13
For this cause the word of the Lord will be to them rule after rule, line after line, here a little,...
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14
Give ear then to the word of the Lord, you men of pride, the rulers of this people in Jerusalem:
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15
Because you have said, We have made death our friend, and with the underworld we have made an agreem...
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16
For this cause says the Lord God (Elohim), See, I am placing in Zion as a base, a stone, a tested st...
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17
And I will make right decision the measuring-line, and righteousness the weight: and the ice-storm w...
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18
And the help you were looking for from death will come to nothing, and your agreement with the under...
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19
Whenever they come through they will overtake you; for they will come through morning after morning,...
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20
For the bed is not long enough for a man to be stretched out on: and the cover is not wide enough fo...
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21
For the Lord will come up as on Mount Perazim, he will be moved to wrath as in the valley of Gibeon;...
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22
And now, take care that you do not make sport of him, or your bands will be made strong; for I have...
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23
Let your ears be open to my voice; give attention to what I say.
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24
Is the ploughman for ever ploughing? does he not get the earth ready and broken up for the seed?
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25
When the face of the earth has been levelled, does he not put in the different sorts of seed, and th...
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26
For his God (Elohim) is his teacher, giving him the knowledge of these things.
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27
For the fitches are not crushed with a sharp instrument, and a cart-wheel is not rolled over the cum...
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28
Is the grain for bread crushed? He does not go on crushing it for ever, but he lets his cart-wheels...
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29
This comes from the Lord of armies, purposing wonders, and wise in all his acts.
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