Isaiah 28:7-13
Summary for Isa 28:7-13: 28:7-13 a The focus returns to the lamentable present situation in Israel (and Judah). The leaders and people will be ensnared by their own schemes. 28:7 b The priests and prophets led the people astray.• Intoxicating beverages such as wine and alcohol were prohibited for priests while fulfilling their duties (Lev 10:9 c).
Summary for Isa 28:9-10: 28:9-10 d The people had become hardened to God’s revelation (1 Cor 14:21 e).
28:11 f 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 g).
28:12 h Had his people listened, God’s revelation would have led them to rest (see 48:18-19 i). But they would not listen because of their hard hearts (65:12 j).
28:13 k one line at a time, one line at a time, a little here, and a little there: The Hebrew here is difficult to understand. The words might be intentional nonsense to illustrate the point that the people were so spiritually blind that God’s clearest revelation was nonsense to them (see 6:9-10 l).
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