Isaiah 28:11

“For with stammerings of lip and with another tongue he will speak to this people,”
Isaiah 28:11 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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Forכִּיwith stammeringsבְּלַעֲגֵיof lipשָׂפָהand with another tongueוּבְלָשׁוֹן אַחֶרֶתhe will speakיְדַבֵּרto this people,אֶל הָעָם הַזֶּה

Quotation · 1 Corinthians 14:21

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Paul calls Isaiah “law” and quotes 28:11-12 abbreviated, with “says the Lord” at the end.

Formula: γέγραπται “it is written” (1 Corinthians 14:21)

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Greek of the New Testament: ἐν τῷ νόμῳ γέγραπται ὅτι Ἐν ἑτερογλώσσοις καὶ ἐν χείλεσιν ἑτέρων λαλήσω τῷ λαῷ τούτῳ καὶ οὐδ’ οὕτως εἰσακούσονταί μου λέγει κύριος

Hebrew (Masoretic text): כִּי בְּלַעֲגֵי שָׂפָה וּבְלָשׁוֹן אַחֶרֶת יְדַבֵּר אֶל הָעָם הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר אָמַר אֲלֵיהֶם זֹאת הַמְּנוּחָה הָנִיחוּ לֶעָיֵף וְזֹאת הַמַּרְגֵּעָה וְלֹא אָבוּא שְׁמוֹעַ

Septuagint (Isaiah 28:11 in the Septuagint numbering): διὰ φαυλισμὸν χειλέων, διὸ. γλώσσης ἑτέρας· ὅτι λαλήσουσιν τῷ λαῷ τούτῳ,

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, at most 3 consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Isaiah 28:11, word by word

with stammeringsלַעֲגֵיlaage

stammering

Clumsy, strange speech, like a foreign tongue.

Where else “laage” appears

of lipשָׂפָהsafa

lip

The part of the mouth with which one speaks, and so what one says.

Where else “safa” appears

and with another tongueלָשׁוֹןlashon

tongue

The organ in the mouth used to taste and speak; hence, what one says.

Where else “lashon” appears

and with another tongueאַחֶרֶתacheret

other

Other, another; next.

Where else “acheret” appears

he will speakיְדַבֵּרyedaber

speak

To speak, say something; above all God to his people.

Where else “yedaber” appears

to this peopleעָםam

crowd

The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.

Where else “am” appears

Translation note

Paul quotes this verse in 1 Corinthians 14:21.

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Quotation · 1 Corinthians 14:21

Paul calls Isaiah “law” and quotes 28:11-12 abbreviated, with “says the Lord” at the end.

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Isaiah 28:11

¹¹For with stammerings of lip and with another tongue he will speak to this people,

1 Corinthians 14:21

²¹In the law it is written: By people of other tongues and by the lips of others I will speak to this people, and not even so will they listen to me, says the Lord.

The context

10For it is command upon command, command upon command, line upon line, line upon line, a little here, a little there.”

11 · This verse (above)

12to whom he said, “This is the rest; give rest to the weary; and this is the repose.” But they were not willing to hear.

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