Isaiah 28:12
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"To 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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
יֶתֶר
yether
properly, an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder; also a small rope (as hanging free)
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
לָאָה
lâʼâh
to tire; (figuratively) to be (or make) disgusted
יֶתֶר
yether
properly, an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder; also a small rope (as hanging free)
עוֹד
ʻôwd
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
Key Terms in This Verse
אֲשֶׁר ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
Study H834 →יֶתֶר yether
properly, an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder; also a small rope (as hanging free)
Study H3499 →יֶתֶר yether
properly, an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder; also a small rope (as hanging free)
Study H3499 →שָׁמַע shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
Study H8085 →עוֹד ʻôwd
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
Study H5750 →Cross References
For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.
Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:
But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate...
As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee.
And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name ...
But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
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