So Adonai struck down the Cushites before Asa and before Judah. The Cushites fled
Isaiah 28:12 - Tree of Life Version To whom He said, “Here is rest, give rest to the weary, here is repose”— but they would not listen. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 To whom he said: This is my rest. Refresh the weary, and this is my refreshing. And they would not hear. |
So Adonai struck down the Cushites before Asa and before Judah. The Cushites fled
It will also come about in that day that the root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will seek for Him, and His resting place will be glorious.
Then the scroll is given to one who does not know books, saying, “Read this, please,” but he says, “I don’t know books.”
For thus says Adonai Elohim, the Holy One of Israel: “By repentance and rest you are saved, in quietness and trust is your strength— but you were not willing.”
The result of righteousness will be shalom and the effect of righteousness will be quietness and confidence forever.
My people will live in a peaceful place, in secure dwellings, quiet resting places.
“As for the word that you spoke to us in the Name of Adonai, we are not going to listen to you!
Thus says Adonai: “Stand in the roads and look. Ask for the ancient paths— where the good way is— and walk in it. Then you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We won’t walk in it.’
“But they refused to pay attention. They stubbornly turned their backs and stopped their ears from hearing.
‘I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations they have not known. Thus the land was left so desolate behind them that no one passed through or returned, for they made the pleasant land desolate.’”
See to it that you do not refuse the One who is speaking! For if they did not escape when they refused the One who was warning them on earth, much less will we escape if we reject the One who warns us from heaven.