Isa 28:12, Eze 28:25-26 | JFB | STEP | 12. Rather, "He (Jehovah) who hath said to them." this . . . the rest —Reference may be primarily to "rest" from national warlike preparations, the Jews being at the time "weary" through various preceding calamities, as the Syro-Israelite invasion ( ; compare ). But spiritually, the "rest" meant is that to be found in obeying those very "precepts" of God ( ) which they jeered at (compare ).

Isaiah 28:12

12. Rather, "He (Jehovah) who hath said to them."

this . . . the rest—Reference may be primarily to "rest" from national warlike preparations, the Jews being at the time "weary" through various preceding calamities, as the Syro-Israelite invasion (Isa 7:8; compare Isa 30:15; 22:8; 39:2; 36:1; 2Ki 18:8). But spiritually, the "rest" meant is that to be found in obeying those very "precepts" of God (Isa 28:10) which they jeered at (compare Jer 6:16; Mt 11:29).

Ezekiel 28:25-26

25, 26. Fulfilled in part at the restoration from Babylon, when Judaism, so far from being merged in heathenism, made inroads by conversions on the idolatry of surrounding nations. The full accomplishment is yet future, when Israel, under Christ, shall be the center of Christendom; of which an earnest was given in the woman from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon who sought the Saviour (Mt 15:21, 24, 26-28; compare Isa 11:12).

dwell safely— (Jer 23:6).