Isaiah 28:9

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“Whom is He trying to teach? To whom is He explaining His message? To infants just weaned from milk? To babies removed from the breast?”

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BSBPD

“Whom is He trying to teach? To whom is He explaining His message? To infants just weaned from milk? To babies removed from the breast?”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Whom will he teach knowledge? and whom will he make to understand the message? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“By whom doth He teach knowledge? And by whom doth He cause to understand the report? The weaned from milk, the removed from breasts,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 28:9 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 50:17For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.
  2. Psalms 131:2Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.
  3. Proverbs 1:29For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.
  4. Isaiah 28:26For his God instructs and teaches him properly.
  5. Isaiah 30:10They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions.
  6. Isaiah 30:20The Lord will give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, but your Teacher will no longer hide Himself—with your own eyes you will see Him.
  7. Isaiah 48:17Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you for your benefit, who directs you in the way you should go.
  8. Isaiah 50:4The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of discipleship, to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.
  9. Isaiah 53:1Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
  10. Isaiah 54:13Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.
  11. Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?
  12. Jeremiah 6:10To whom can I give this warning? Who will listen to me? Look, their ears are closed, so they cannot hear. See, the word of the LORD has become offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it.
  13. Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
  14. Matthew 21:15But the chief priests and scribes were indignant when they saw the wonders He performed and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David!”
  15. Mark 10:15Truly I tell you, anyone who does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”
  16. John 3:19And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.
  17. John 12:38This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: “Lord, who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”
  18. John 12:47As for anyone who hears My words and does not keep them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world.
  19. 1 Peter 2:2Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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