Isaiah 28:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Bible Comments

Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which [is] in Jerusalem.

Ver. 14. Wherefore hear the word of the Lord.] Stand forth and hear your doom, ye that jeer when you should fear, as if you were out of the reach of God's rod.

Ye scornful men.] Heb., Ye men of mockage, ye who mock at the word of God by your words, deeds, and gestures; quales sycophantas quotidie videmus, of which sort we find not a few today. Such dust heaps as these we have in every corner - men that have turned religion not only into a form, but also into a scorn, accounting the wisdom of God foolishness. These St Peter calleth scoffers - εμπαικται, - or such as make sport with the word. 2Pe 3:3 And the prophet here - uno verbo multa peccata exprimit, dum illusores nominat - in calling them mockers, calleth them all that naught is.

That rule the people.] Such as Shebnah now was, and afterwards Tobiah, Neh 2:19 Herod, Domitian, Julian, Sir Thomas Moore, &c.

Isaiah 28:14

14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.