Isaiah 29:24
in Isaiah 29Then the wayward in spirit will come to understanding, and those who grumble will accept instruction.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
They also that err in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmur shall receive instruction.
KJV
They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.
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This verse in Isaiah 29
Commentary
9 notes on this verse(Verse 24) And those who wander in spirit will gain understanding, and murmurers will learn the Law. (LXX: And those who wander in spirit will gain understanding, and murmurers will learn obedience, and those with stammering tongues will learn to speak peace.) And then those who now wander in spirit will understand the knowledge of God, and those who once murmured against the Lord in the wilderness will learn the Law, of which they previously had no knowledge. For if they had received Moses, they would have also received the Lord Jesus Christ, because Moses spoke of him.
This site's exposition
No longer will Jacob be ashamed
on Isaiah 29:22-24
The LORD "who redeemed Abraham" speaks of the house of Jacob, and the shame is lifted: "No longer will Jacob be ashamed". When Jacob sees "his children around him", they will "sanctify the Holy One of Jacob". Then "the wayward in spirit will come to understanding".
This site's exposition
those who grumble will accept instruction
Jerome hears in those who grumble the murmuring of Israel in the wilderness, a people now ready to accept the instruction of the law. The Greek version adds a line in which stammering tongues learn to speak peace. The wayward in spirit come to understanding.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
They that murmured, that is, who at first murmured, above: when they shall rush out from Jacob, Israel shall blossom (Isa 27:6).
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
That erred - Those Gentiles who erred from God's truth. Murmured - They that murmured at God's faithful teachers, shall now receive God's truth in the love of it.
They also that erred in spirit,....
This should encourage us to pray for those that have erred and are deceived, that God can, and often does, bring such to understanding. Those that murmured at the truths of God as hard sayings, and loved to pick quarrels with them, shall learn the true meaning of these doctrines, and then they will be better reconciled to them.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
They also that erred in spirit - (see Isa 29:9-10). Shall learn doctrine - When” this would occur the prophet does not state. It “may” be intended to denote the times of Hezekiah; or the times subsequent to the captivity; or possibly it may refer to the times under the Messiah. All that the prophet teaches is, that at some future period in the history of the Jews, there would be such a reform that they should be regarded as the worthy descendants of the pious patriarch Jacob.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
They . . . that erred-- (Isa 28:7). learn doctrine--rather, "shall receive discipline" or "instruction." "Murmuring" was the characteristic of Israel's rebellion against God (Ex 16:8;
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The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְיָדְע֥וּ | veyadeu | and they will know | H3045 → | 945 times |
| תֹֽעֵי־ | toei- | [those who] go astray of | H8582 → | 50 times |
| ר֖וּחַ | ruach | spirit | H7307 → | 378 times |
| בִּינָ֑ה | binah | understanding | H998 → | 38 times |
| וְרוֹגְנִ֖ים | verognim | and murmurers | H7279 → | |
| יִלְמְדוּ־ | yilmedu- | they will learn | H3925 → | 85 times |
| לֶֽקַח׃ | lekach | instruction | H3948 → |
וְיָדְע֥וּand they will know
veyadeuH3045 →945 times
תֹֽעֵי־[those who] go astray of
toei-H8582 →50 times
ר֖וּחַspirit
ruachH7307 →378 times
בִּינָ֑הunderstanding
binahH998 →38 times
וְרוֹגְנִ֖יםand murmurers
verognimH7279 →
יִלְמְדוּ־they will learn
yilmedu-H3925 →85 times
לֶֽקַח׃instruction
lekachH3948 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Hebrews 5:2He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and misguided, since he himself is beset by weakness.
it leads to
- Hebrews 4:15
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.
- Hebrews 2:18
Because He Himself suffered when He was tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted.
- 2 Corinthians 12:9–10
But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of…
- Hebrews 7:28
For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.
- Hebrews 12:13
Make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.
- Hebrews 4:15
Through
Isaiah 28:7These also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddled by wine. They stumble because of strong drink, muddled in their visions and stumbling…
it leads to
- Isaiah 56:10–12
Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.
- Luke 21:34
But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
- Ecclesiastes 10:17
Blessed are you, O land whose king is a son of nobles, and whose princes feast at the proper time—for strength and not for drunkenness.
- Isaiah 56:10–12
Where this verse is studied
About Isaiah

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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Isaiah; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Isaiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.
