12To whom he said: This is my rest, refresh the weary, and this is my refreshing: and they would not hear.


In Context

9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand the hearing? them that are weaned from the milk, that are drawn away from the breasts.

10 For command, command again; command, command again; expect, expect again; expect, expect again: a little there, a little there.

11 For with the speech of lips, and with another tongue he will speak to this people.

12 To whom he said: This is my rest, refresh the weary, and this is my refreshing: and they would not hear.

13 And the word of the Lord shall be to them: Command, command again; command, command again: expect, expect again; expect, expect again: a little there, a little there: that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

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

Isaiah 28:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:12To whom he said, This [is] the rest [wherewith] ye may cause the weary to rest; and this [is] the refreshing: yet they would not hear.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

28:12to whom he said, "This is the resting place, let the weary rest"; and, "This is the place of repose"- but they would not listen.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

28:12to whom he said, This is the rest, give ye rest to him that is weary; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:12to whom he said, This is the rest: cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing. But they would not hear.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

28:12to whom he said, This is the rest, give ye rest to him that is weary; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:12To whom he said, This is the rest with which ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:12to whom he said, |This is the resting place. Give rest to weary;| and |This is the refreshing;| yet they would not hear.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

28:12Unto whom He hath said, 'This is the rest, give ye rest to the weary, And this — the refreshing:' And they have not been willing to hear,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:12To whom he said, This is the rest with which you may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.