Isa 28:11-12 | TNotes | STEP | 28:11 God will have to speak through circumstances such as hardship, exile, and death in order to get through to his hardened people. • a strange language: In the New Testament, Paul applied this text to the spiritual gift of tongues as a sign of judgment to unbelievers (see 1 Cor 14:21-22 ).

b1 Cor 14:21-22►

d48:18-19►

‏ Isaiah 28:11-12

28:11 ^a God will have to speak through circumstances such as hardship, exile, and death in order to get through to his hardened people.

• a strange language: In the New Testament, Paul applied this text to the spiritual gift of tongues as a sign of judgment to unbelievers (see 1 Cor 14:21-22 ^b).
28:12 ^c Had his people listened, God’s revelation would have led them to rest (see 48:18-19 ^d). But they would not listen because of their hard hearts (65:12 ^e).