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No, but by [men of] strange lips and with another language will he speak to this people;
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An Ironic Judgment
Commentators agree that this verse is God's ironic response to the people's mockery. Since they dismissed the prophets' clear teaching as childish babble, God would now teach them through a language they truly couldn't understand—the harsh, foreign tongue of their Assyrian and Babylonian conquerors. This was a punishment that fit the crime.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For - This verse is to be understood as a response to what the complaining and dissatisfied people had said, as expressed in the previous ve…
19th Century
Anglican
With stammering lips and another tongue ... —The “stammering lips” are those of the Assyrian conquerors, whose speech wou…
16th Century
Protestant
For with stammering lips. Some suggest that it means, “it is as if one were to say”; but that is unnecessary. I therefore view these words…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people . ] Or "has …
The prophet next turns to Judah, whom he calls the residue of his people. Happy are those alone who glory in the Lord of hosts himself. Therefore, …
13th Century
Catholic
Woe to the crown. In this part, he issues a threat against those who scorn the predictions of the prophets.
First, he thr…
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