Isaiah 28:14
New International Version
Therefore hear the word of the LORD, you scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.

New Living Translation
Therefore, listen to this message from the LORD, you scoffing rulers in Jerusalem.

English Standard Version
Therefore hear the word of the LORD, you scoffers, who rule this people in Jerusalem!

Berean Standard Bible
Therefore hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.

King James Bible
Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.

New King James Version
Therefore hear the word of the LORD, you scornful men, Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem,

New American Standard Bible
Therefore, hear the word of the LORD, you scoffers, Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem,

NASB 1995
Therefore, hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers, Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem,

NASB 1977
Therefore, hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers, Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem,

Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore, hear the word of Yahweh, O scoffers, Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem,

Amplified Bible
Therefore, hear the word of the LORD, you arrogant men Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem!

Christian Standard Bible
Therefore hear the word of the LORD, you scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Therefore hear the word of the LORD, you mockers who rule this people in Jerusalem.

American Standard Version
Wherefore hear the word of Jehovah, ye scoffers, that rule this people that is in Jerusalem:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because of this, hear the answer of LORD JEHOVAH: mockers, Rulers of this people in Jerusalem:

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Therefore hear ye the word of the Lord, ye afflicted men, and ye princes of this people that is in Jerusalem.

Contemporary English Version
You rulers of Jerusalem do nothing but sneer; now you must listen to what the LORD says.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men, who rule over my people that is in Jerusalem.

English Revised Version
Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So hear the word of the LORD, you foolish talkers who rule the people in Jerusalem.

Good News Translation
Now you arrogant leaders who rule here in Jerusalem over this people, listen to what the LORD is saying.

International Standard Version
"Therefore hear the message from the LORD, you scoffers who rule this people that are in Jerusalem.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scoffers, The ballad-mongers of this people which is in Jerusalem:

Literal Standard Version
Therefore, hear a word of YHWH, you men of scorning, | Ruling this people that [is] in Jerusalem.

Majority Standard Bible
Therefore hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.

New American Bible
Therefore, hear the word of the LORD, you scoffers, who rule this people in Jerusalem:

NET Bible
Therefore, listen to the LORD's word, you who mock, you rulers of these people who reside in Jerusalem!

New Revised Standard Version
Therefore hear the word of the LORD, you scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.

New Heart English Bible
Therefore hear the word of the LORD, you scoffers, that rule this people in Jerusalem:

Webster's Bible Translation
Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.

World English Bible
Therefore hear Yahweh’s word, you scoffers, that rule this people in Jerusalem:

Young's Literal Translation
Therefore, hear a word of Jehovah, ye men of scorning, Ruling this people that is in Jerusalem.

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Context
A Cornerstone in Zion
14Therefore hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem. 15For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.”…

Cross References
Isaiah 1:10
Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!

Isaiah 3:12
Youths oppress My people, and women rule over them. O My people, your guides mislead you; they turn you from your paths.

Isaiah 28:22
So now, do not mock, or your shackles will become heavier. Indeed, I have heard from the Lord GOD of Hosts a decree of destruction against the whole land.

Isaiah 29:20
For the ruthless will vanish, the mockers will disappear, and all who look for evil will be cut down--

Jeremiah 13:15
Listen and give heed. Do not be arrogant, for the LORD has spoken.

Jeremiah 36:23
And as soon as Jehudi had read three or four columns, Jehoiakim would cut them off with a scribe's knife and throw them into the firepot, until the entire scroll had been consumed by the fire.

Hosea 7:5
The princes are inflamed with wine on the day of our king; so he joins hands with those who mock him.


Treasury of Scripture

Why hear the word of the LORD, you scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.

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Isaiah 28:22
Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.

Isaiah 1:10
Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.

Isaiah 5:9
In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.

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Isaiah 28
1. The prophet threatens Ephraim for their pride and drunkenness
5. The residue shall be advanced in the kingdom of Christ
7. He rebukes their error
9. Their unwillingness to learn
14. And their security
16. Christ the sure foundation is promised
17. Their security shall be tried
23. They are incited to the consideration of God's providence














(14) Ye scornful men, that rule this people . . .--The last words emphasise the fact that the men who derided the prophet in their worldly wisdom were found among Hezekiah's chief princes and counsellors, the partizans now of an Assyrian, now of an Egyptian alliance--anything rather than the policy of righteousness and repentance.

Verses 14-22. - THE REBUKE OF JUDAH'S NOBLES. The power of the nobles under the later Jewish monarchy is very apparent throughout Isaiah's prophecy. It is they, and not the king, who are always blamed for bad government (Isaiah 1:10-23; Isaiah 3:12-15, etc.) or errors of policy (Isaiah 9:15, 16; Isaiah 22:15-19, etc.). Isaiah now turns from a denunciation of the priests and prophets, who especially opposed his teaching, to a threatening of the great men who guided the course of public affairs. He taxes them with being "men of scorn" (ver. 14), i.e. scorners of Jehovah, and with" a proud and insolent self-confidence" (Delitzsch). They have made, or are about to make, secret arrangements which will, they believe, secure Judaea against suffering injury at the hands of the Assyrians, and are quite satisfied with what they have done, and fear no evil. Isaiah is instructed that their boasted arrangements will entirely fail in the time of trial - their "refuge" (Egypt) will be found a refuge of lies (ver. 17), and the "overflowing scourge" (Assyria) will pass through the land, and carry all before it (ver. 18). There will then ensue a time of "vexation" and discomfort (vers. 19, 20) - God's anger will be poured out upon the land in strange ways (ver. 21). He therefore warns the rulers to lay aside their scorn of God, and humble themselves, lest a worse thing happen to them (ver. 22). Verse 14. - Ye scornful men; literally, ye men of scorn. The word used is rare, but will be found in the same sense in Proverbs 1:22 and Proverbs 29:8. A cognate participle occurs in Hosea 7:5. That rule this people. (On the authority of the nobles at this period, see the introductory paragraph.)

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Therefore
לָכֵ֛ן (lā·ḵên)
Adverb
Strong's 3651: So -- thus

hear
שִׁמְע֥וּ (šim·‘ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

the word
דְבַר־ (ḏə·ḇar-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

of the LORD,
יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

O
אַנְשֵׁ֣י (’an·šê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

scoffers,
לָצ֑וֹן (lā·ṣō·wn)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3944: A scorning

who rule
מֹֽשְׁלֵי֙ (mō·šə·lê)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's 4910: To rule, have dominion, reign

this
הַזֶּ֔ה (haz·zeh)
Article | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

people
הָעָ֣ם (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

in Jerusalem.
בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (bî·rū·šā·lim)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel


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