Isaiah 28:9

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

You drunken leaders are like babies! How can you possibly understand or teach the LORD's message?

Cross References

Psalm 131:2

But I have learnt to feel safe and satisfied, just like a young child on its mother's lap.

Psalm 50:17

You refused correction and rejected my commands.

Proverbs 1:29

No, you would not learn, and you refused to respect the LORD.

Isaiah 2:3

Many people will come and say, “Let's go to the mountain of the LORD God of Jacob and worship in his temple.” The LORD will teach us his Law from Jerusalem, and we will obey him.

Isaiah 28:26

They learn this from their God.

Isaiah 30:20

The Lord has given you trouble and sorrow as your food and drink. But now you will again see the Lord, your teacher, and he will guide you.

Isaiah 48:17

with this message: People of Israel, I am the holy LORD God, the one who rescues you. For your own good, I teach you, and I lead you along the right path.

Isaiah 50:4

The LORD God gives me the right words to encourage the weary. Each morning he awakens me eager to learn his teaching;

Isaiah 53:1

Has anyone believed us or seen the mighty power of the LORD in action?

Isaiah 54:13

I will teach your children and make them successful.

Jeremiah 5:31

Prophets give their messages in the name of a false god, my priests don't want to serve me, and you—my own people— like it this way! But on the day of disaster, where will you turn for help?

Jeremiah 6:10

I have told the people that you, LORD, will punish them, but they just laugh and refuse to listen.

Matthew 11:25

At that moment Jesus said: My Father, Lord of heaven and earth, I am grateful that you hid all this from wise and educated people and showed it to ordinary people.

Mark 10:15

I promise you that you cannot get into God's kingdom, unless you accept it the way a child does.”

John 12:38

This happened so that what the prophet Isaiah had said would come true, “Lord, who has believed our message? And who has seen your mighty strength?”

John 3:19

The light has come into the world, and people who do evil things are judged guilty because they love the dark more than the light.

1 Peter 2:2

Be like newborn babies who are thirsty for the pure spiritual milk that will help you grow and be saved.