Isaiah 28:12 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹² 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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² To these [complaining Jews the Lord] had said, This is the true rest [the way to true comfort and happiness] that you shall give to the weary, and, This is the [true] refreshing–yet they would not listen [to His teaching].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² 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.

Common English Bible

¹² He has said to them, “This is the place of rest; give rest to the weary; this is the place of repose”; but they refused to listen.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² He said to them: "This is my rest. Refresh the weary," and, "This is my refreshment." And yet they were unwilling to listen.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Isaiah 28:12 Cross References

2 Chronicles 14:11

And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, there is none beside thee to help, between the mighty and him that hath no strength: help us, O LORD our God; for we rely on thee, and in thy name are we come against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee;

Isaiah 11:10

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the root of Jesse, which standeth for an ensign of the peoples, unto him shall the nations seek; and his resting place shall be glorious.

Isaiah 29:12

and the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.

Isaiah 30:15

For thus said 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,

Isaiah 32:17

And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and confidence for ever.

Isaiah 32:18

And my people shall abide in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.

Jeremiah 44:16

As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee.

Jeremiah 6:16

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.

Zechariah 7:11

But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.

Zechariah 7:14

but I will scatter them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they have not known. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.

Hebrews 12:25

See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not, when they refused him that warned them on earth, much more shall not we escape, who turn away from him that warneth from heaven: