Isa 28:12 | JFB | STEP | 12. Rather, "He (Jehovah) who hath said to them." this . . . the rest —Reference may be primarily to "rest" from national warlike preparations, the Jews being at the time "weary" through various preceding calamities, as the Syro-Israelite invasion ( ; compare ). But spiritually, the "rest" meant is that to be found in obeying those very "precepts" of God ( ) which they jeered at (compare ).

Isaiah 28:12

12. Rather, "He (Jehovah) who hath said to them."

this . . . the rest—Reference may be primarily to "rest" from national warlike preparations, the Jews being at the time "weary" through various preceding calamities, as the Syro-Israelite invasion (Isa 7:8; compare Isa 30:15; 22:8; 39:2; 36:1; 2Ki 18:8). But spiritually, the "rest" meant is that to be found in obeying those very "precepts" of God (Isa 28:10) which they jeered at (compare Jer 6:16; Mt 11:29).