Yesaya 28:9

28:9 Who is the Lord ¹  trying to teach?

To whom is he explaining a message? ² 

Those just weaned from milk!

Those just taken from their mother’s breast! ³ 

Mikha 4:2

4:2 Many nations will come, saying,

“Come on! Let’s go up to the Lord’s mountain,

to the temple ⁴  of Jacob’s God,

so he can teach us his commands ⁵ 

and we can live by his laws.” ⁶ 

For Zion will be the source of instruction;

the Lord’s teachings will proceed from Jerusalem. ⁷ 

Yohanes 6:45

6:45 It is written in the prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ ⁸  Everyone who hears and learns from the Father ⁹  comes to me.

Ibrani 8:11

8:11 “And there will be no need at all ¹⁰  for each one to teach his countryman or each one to teach his brother saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ since they will all know me, from the least to the greatest. ¹¹ 

[28:9]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[28:9]  ² tn Heb “Who is he teaching knowledge? For whom is he explaining a message?” The translation assumes that the Lord is the subject of the verbs “teaching” and “explaining,” and that the prophet is asking the questions. See v. 12. According to some vv. 9-10 record the people’s sarcastic response to the Lord’s message through Isaiah.

[28:9]  ³ tn Heb “from the breasts.” The words “their mother’s” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The translation assumes that this is the prophet’s answer to the questions asked in the first half of the verse. The Lord is trying to instruct people who are “infants” morally and ethically.

[4:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “house.”

[4:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “ways.”

[4:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “and we can walk in his paths.”

[4:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “instruction [or, “law”] will go out from Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.”

[4:2]  map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[6:45]  ⁸ sn A quotation from Isa 54:13.

[6:45]  ⁹ tn Or “listens to the Father and learns.”

[8:11]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “they will not teach, each one his fellow citizen…” The Greek makes this negation emphatic: “they will certainly not teach.”

[8:11]  ¹¹ tn Grk “from the small to the great.”