Isaiah 28:12
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
To 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.
American King James Version (AKJV)
To 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.
American Standard Version (ASV)
to 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.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
To whom he said, This is the rest, give rest to him who is tired; and by this you may get new strength; but they would not give ear.
Webster's Revision
To 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.
World English Bible
to whom he said, "This is the resting place. Give rest to weary;" and "This is the refreshing;" yet they would not hear.
English Revised Version (ERV)
to 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.
Definitions for Isaiah 28:12
Clarke's Isaiah 28:12 Bible Commentary
This is the rest "This is the true rest" - The sense of this verse is: God had warned them by his prophets that their safety and security, their deliverance from their present calamities and from the apprehensions of still greater approaching, depended wholly on their trust in God, their faith and obedience; but they rejected this gracious warning with contempt and mockery.
Barnes's Isaiah 28:12 Bible Commentary
To whom he said - To whom God had said; that is, to the Jews. He had taught them the way of rest through the prophets, but they had refused to learn.
This is the rest - That is, this is the true way of happiness, to wit, by keeping the commands of God which had been so often repeated as to become to them objects of satiety and disgust.
This is the refreshing - This is the way in which the mind may be comforted.
Wesley's Isaiah 28:12 Bible Commentary
28:12 This - This doctrine. The rest - The only way, in which you will find rest.
