Isaiah 28:10 NIV

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 28:9-13

Isaiah 28:9-13Whom shall He teach knowledge?--The scoffing drunkardsThey scoff at the prophet, that intolerable moralist. They are full-grown and free; he need not teach them knowledge Isaiah 11:9), and explain his preaching to them; they know of old what he is driving at. Are they mere weaned babes, who need to be tutored? (F. Delitzsch.)The occasion The occasion of this remarkable encounter was probably a feast held to celebrate the renunciation of allegiance to Assyria. Isaiah has surprised... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 28:10

Isaiah 28:10For precept mast be upon precept . . . line upon lineA drunken jibeThe passage is commonly used in a sense the very opposite to that in which it was originally employed.It is commonly taken as a grave description of the abundance and variety of the means of grace which God has vouchsafed to the Church; whereas it is, really, a drunken sneer at the poverty and simplicity of the means vouchsafed to the Church of Isaiah’s time. No sooner do we turn to the original and study it than the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 28:10

Isa 28:10 For precept [must be] upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, [and] there a little: Ver. 10. For precept must be upon precept. ] Children are of weak understanding and of short memories, and, Hebraei dicunt hisce verbis infantilitatem signifieari, they must also have short words and sentences prescribed unto them (such as are kau and flau ) and inculcated upon them, that something at least may stick. So must most of our hearers, or little... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Isaiah 28:10

For precept: Isaiah 28:13, Isaiah 5:4, Deuteronomy 6:1-Joshua :, 2 Chronicles 36:15, 2 Chronicles 36:16, Nehemiah 9:29, Nehemiah 9:30, Jeremiah 11:7, Jeremiah 25:3-Judges :, Matthew 21:34-Mark :, Philippians 3:1, 2 Timothy 3:7, Hebrews 5:12 must be: or, hath been Reciprocal: Exodus 4:8 - if they Jeremiah 27:14 - hearken Haggai 1:7 - General Matthew 13:24 - put Matthew 15:16 - General Mark 7:18 - General Luke 13:5 - except read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Isaiah 28:10

For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:For — They must be taught like little children, because of their great dullness.Line — One line of the book after another, as children are taught to read. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 28:9-10

9, 10. These verses appear to imply an interruption on the part of those against whom the prophet is inveighing. They seem to reply scornfully. Whom shall he teach knowledge “He, the intolerable moralist: does he mean us, already advanced in understanding? We need it not. We are through with our tuition in the schools. We want no more of precept upon precept… line upon line… here a little and there a little. We want no more of his elementary teachings, his petty teasings; no more of the... read more