Isaiah 28:14
ESV
Therefore hear the word of the Lord, you scoffers, who rule this people in Jerusalem!
NIV
Therefore hear the word of the Lord, you scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.
NASB
Therefore, hear the word of the Lord, you scoffers, Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem,
CSB
Therefore hear the word of the Lord, you scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.
NLT
Therefore, listen to this message from the Lord, you scoffing rulers in Jerusalem.
KJV
Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
NKJV
Therefore hear the word of the Lord, you scornful men, Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem,
What does Isaiah 28:14 mean?
Isaiah has delivered the Lord's devastating judgment against Samaria and the people of the northern ten tribes of Israel (Isaiah 28:1–13). Now he turns his attention to the southern two tribes (1 Kings 12:16–20) of Judah and its capital Jerusalem, and the warnings for them are terribly similar.Judah may have been glad to hear the warnings against Israel, who had become an enemy. But Judah is not likely to receive Isaiah's prophecy against them very well. Isaiah begins by calling the leaders of Jerusalem "scoffers." According to Proverbs 15:12, a scoffer does not like to be corrected or criticized. Scoffers are, by definition, haughty and arrogant (Provers 21:24) and a source of conflict in any group (Proverbs 22:10; 29:8).
Still, Isaiah demands that they hear the Lord's word to them. He begins by addressing their false belief that they are safe from any harm.
