Verse 12

Isaiah 28:12

King James Version

12 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet 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, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, wh... Focus ↗
2 Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as... Focus ↗
3 The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet: Focus ↗
4 And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as th... Focus ↗
5 In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the re... Focus ↗
6 And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the... Focus ↗
7 But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and t... Focus ↗
8 For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean. Focus ↗
9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned f... Focus ↗
10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a littl... Focus ↗
11 For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. Focus ↗
12 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshi...
13 But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, l... Focus ↗
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem. Focus ↗
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when th... Focus ↗
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a... Focus ↗
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep awa... Focus ↗
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; whe... Focus ↗
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by d... Focus ↗
20 For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than tha... Focus ↗
21 For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that h... Focus ↗
22 Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD... Focus ↗
23 Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech. Focus ↗
24 Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground? Focus ↗
25 When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummi... Focus ↗
26 For his God (Elohim) doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him. Focus ↗
27 For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about u... Focus ↗
28 Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break it with the wheel of his... Focus ↗
29 This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in worki... Focus ↗