King James Version
Isaiah 28:23 in the King James Version says “Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 28 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.”
Isaiah 28:23 · KJV
For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.
Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.
Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.
Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?
When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place? the principal: or, the wheat in the principal place, and barley in the appointed place rie: or, spelt place: Heb. border?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Give ye ear”
H238to broaden out the ear (with the hand), i.e., (by implication) to listen
“and hear”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
“and hear”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
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