American King James Version
"Why hear the word of the LORD, you scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem. "
— Isaiah 28:14, American King James Version
“Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.”
“Wherefore hear the word of Jehovah, ye scoffers, that rule this people that is in Jerusalem: ”
“Therefore hear the word of Yahweh, you scoffers, that rule this people in Jerusalem:”
“The Lord Will Judge Jerusalem Therefore, listen to the LORD’s message, you who mock, you rulers of these people who reside in Jerusalem!”
“Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men, who rule over my people that is in Jerusalem.”
“Give ear then to the word of the Lord, you men of pride, the rulers of this people in Jerusalem:”
“Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.”
For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.
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.
But the word of the LORD was to them precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken. ¶
Why hear the word of the LORD, you scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing whip shall pass through, it shall not come to us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: ¶
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believes shall not make haste.
Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place. ¶