Isaiah 28:9
Whom is He trying to teach?
What it says
They mockingly ask whom God thinks He is teaching, as if His audience were infants.
What it is doing
This verse reveals contempt for divine instruction.
In context
1Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, 2Behold, the Lord has one 3The majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards 4The fading flower of his beautiful splendor, 5On that day the LORD of Hosts will be a crown of glory, 6a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, 7These also stagger from wine 8For all their tables are covered with vomit; 9Whom is He trying to teach? 10For they hear: 11Indeed, with mocking lips and foreign tongues, 12He will speak to this people to whom He has said: 13Then the word of the LORD to them will become: