Verse 12

Isaiah 28:12

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

12 To whom he said: This is my rest, refresh the weary, and this is my refreshing: and they would not hear.
Original Language Text
hebrew
אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָמַ֣ר אֲלֵי/הֶ֗ם זֹ֤את הַ/מְּנוּחָה֙ הָנִ֣יחוּ לֶֽ/עָיֵ֔ף וְ/זֹ֖את הַ/מַּרְגֵּעָ֑ה וְ/לֹ֥א אָב֖וּא שְׁמֽוֹעַ
English Translation
Which I said to them: "This is the resting place; let the weary rest here, and this is the place of calm; and I will not listen."
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 28 Context
1 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower the glory of his jo... Focus ↗
2 Behold the Lord is mighty and strong, as a storm of hail: a destroying whirlwind, as the violence of... Focus ↗
3 The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under feet. Focus ↗
4 And the fading flower the glory of his joy, who is on the head of the fat valley, shall be as a hast... Focus ↗
5 In that day the Lord of hosts shall be a crown of glory, and a garland of joy to the residue of his... Focus ↗
6 And a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and strength to them that return out of th... Focus ↗
7 But these also have been ignorant through wine, and through drunkenness have erred: the priest and t... Focus ↗
8 For all tables were full of vomit and filth, so that there was no more place. Focus ↗
9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand the hearing? them that are weane... Focus ↗
10 For command, command again; command, command again; expect, expect again; expect, expect again: a li... Focus ↗
11 For with the speech of lips, and with another tongue he will speak to this people. Focus ↗
12 To whom he said: This is my rest, refresh the weary, and this is my refreshing: and they would not h...
13 And the word of the Lord shall be to them: Command, command again; command, command again: expect, e... Focus ↗
14 Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men, who rule over my people that is in Jerusalem. Focus ↗
15 For you have said : We have entered into a league with death, and we have made a covenant with hell.... Focus ↗
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord God (Elohim): Behold I will lay a stone in the foundations of Sion, a... Focus ↗
17 And I will set judgment in weight, and justice in measure: and hail shall overturn the hope of false... Focus ↗
18 And Sour league with death shall be abolished, and your covenant with hell shall not stand: when the... Focus ↗
19 Whensoever it shall pass through, it shall take you away: because in the morning early it shall pass... Focus ↗
20 For the bed is straitened, so that one must fall out, and a short covering can- not cover both. Focus ↗
21 For the Lord shall stand up as in the mountain of divisions: he shall be angry as in the valley whic... Focus ↗
22 And now do not mock, lest your bonds be tied strait. For I have heard of the Lord the God (Elohim) o... Focus ↗
23 Give ear, and hear my voice, hearken, and hear my speech. Focus ↗
24 Shall the ploughman plough all the day to sow, shall he open and harrow his ground? Focus ↗
25 Will he not, when he hath made plain the surface thereof, sow gith, and scatter cummin, and put whea... Focus ↗
26 For he will instruct him in judgment : his God (Elohim) will teach him. Focus ↗
27 For gith shall not be thrashed with saws, neither shall the cart wheel turn about upon cummin: but g... Focus ↗
28 But bread corn shall be broken small: but the thrasher shall not thrash it for ever, neither shall t... Focus ↗
29 This also is come forth from the Lord God (Elohim) of hosts, to make his counsel wonderful, and magn... Focus ↗