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Isaiah 28:14
Isaiah 28:14 is verse 14 of Isaiah chapter 28, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Therefore hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.
King James Version
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:
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Isaiah 28:12–16 · Berean Standard Bible
12 to whom He has said: “This is the place of rest, let the weary rest; this is the place of repose.” But they would not listen.
13 Then the word of the LORD to them will become: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there,” so that they will go stumbling backward and will be injured, ensnared, and captured.
14 Therefore hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.
15 For 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.”
16 So this is what the Lord GOD says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Isaiah 28:22So 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 1:10Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
Isaiah 5:9I heard the LORD of Hosts declare: “Surely many houses will become desolate, great mansions left unoccupied.
Isaiah 29:20For the ruthless will vanish, the mockers will disappear, and all who look for evil will be cut down—
Proverbs 1:22“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 3:34He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble.
Proverbs 29:8Mockers inflame a city, but the wise turn away anger.
Hosea 7:5The princes are inflamed with wine on the day of our king; so he joins hands with those who mock him.
Acts 13:41‘Look, you scoffers, wonder and perish! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe, even if someone told you.’”