Isaiah Chapter 28 verse 14 Holy Bible

ASV Isaiah 28:14

Wherefore hear the word of Jehovah, ye scoffers, that rule this people that is in Jerusalem:
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BBE Isaiah 28:14

Give ear then to the word of the Lord, you men of pride, the rulers of this people in Jerusalem:
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DARBY Isaiah 28:14

Therefore hear the word of Jehovah, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
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KJV Isaiah 28:14

Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
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WBT Isaiah 28:14


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WEB Isaiah 28:14

Why hear the word of Yahweh, you scoffers, that rule this people that is in Jerusalem:
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YLT Isaiah 28:14

Therefore, hear a word of Jehovah, ye men of scorning, Ruling this people that `is' in Jerusalem.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerses 14-22. - THE REBUKE OF JUDAH'S NOBLES. The power of the nobles under the later Jewish monarchy is very apparent throughout Isaiah's prophecy. It is they, and not the king, who are always blamed for bad government (Isaiah 1:10-23; Isaiah 3:12-15, etc.) or errors of policy (Isaiah 9:15, 16; Isaiah 22:15-19, etc.). Isaiah now turns from a denunciation of the priests and prophets, who especially opposed his teaching, to a threatening of the great men who guided the course of public affairs. He taxes them with being "men of scorn" (ver. 14), i.e. scorners of Jehovah, and with" a proud and insolent self-confidence" (Delitzsch). They have made, or are about to make, secret arrangements which will, they believe, secure Judaea against suffering injury at the hands of the Assyrians, and are quite satisfied with what they have done, and fear no evil. Isaiah is instructed that their boasted arrangements will entirely fail in the time of trial - their "refuge" (Egypt) will be found a refuge of lies (ver. 17), and the "overflowing scourge" (Assyria) will pass through the land, and carry all before it (ver. 18). There will then ensue a time of "vexation" and discomfort (vers. 19, 20) - God's anger will be poured out upon the land in strange ways (ver. 21). He therefore warns the rulers to lay aside their scorn of God, and humble themselves, lest a worse thing happen to them (ver. 22). Verse 14. - Ye scornful men; literally, ye men of scorn. The word used is rare, but will be found in the same sense in Proverbs 1:22 and Proverbs 29:8. A cognate participle occurs in Hosea 7:5. That rule this people. (On the authority of the nobles at this period, see the introductory paragraph.)

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(14) Ye scornful men, that rule this people . . .--The last words emphasise the fact that the men who derided the prophet in their worldly wisdom were found among Hezekiah's chief princes and counsellors, the partizans now of an Assyrian, now of an Egyptian alliance--anything rather than the policy of righteousness and repentance.