Why hear the word of the LORD, you scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
Why hear the word of the LORD, you scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
Wherefore hear the word of Jehovah, ye scoffers, that rule this people that is in Jerusalem:
Give ear then to the word of the Lord, you men of pride, the rulers of this people in Jerusalem:
Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
Therefore hear the word of Yahweh, you scoffers, that rule this people in Jerusalem:
Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem:
Wherefore ... - This verse commences a direct address to the scoffing and scornful nation, which is continued to the close of Isaiah 28:22. It is addressed particularly to the rulers in Jerusalem, as being the leaders in crime, and as being eminently deserving of the wrath of God.
Ye scornful men - Ye who despise and reproach God and his message; who fancy yourselves to be secure, and mock at the threatened judgments of the Almighty.