Bible Strands
Isaiah 29:24
Then the wayward in spirit will come to understanding, and those who grumble will accept instruction.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Yahweh speaks through Isaiah to Judah, describing the future restoration of His people after a period of judgment.
The words — The text highlights תֹֽעֵי־ ר֖וּחַ (to.'ei- Ru.ach), literally “those who go astray in spirit,” and רוֹגְנִים (rog.Nim), “those who grumble.”
The thread — The movement from spiritual blindness to repentance appears in Isaiah 28:7, where leaders stagger from wine, Luke 15:17, where a prodigal “comes to his senses,” and Hebrews 5:2, which notes God’s gentleness toward the ignorant and misguided.
Why it lands — The verse states that those who wander spiritually and voice complaints will ultimately gain discernment and submit to correction, requiring the reader to expect divine reversal of hardened attitudes.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 28:7 These 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 in their judgments.
- Luke 15:17 Finally he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food, but here I am, starving to death!
- Hebrews 5:2 He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and misguided, since he himself is subject to weakness.
- 1 Timothy 1:13 I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.
- Revelation 20:2 He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.
- Isaiah 29:10 For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes, O prophets; He has covered your heads, O seers.
- Isaiah 30:21 And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”
- Isaiah 41:20 so that all may see and know, may consider and understand, that the hand of the LORD has done this and the Holy One of Israel has created it.”
- Isaiah 60:16 You will drink the milk of nations and nurse at the breasts of royalty; you will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
- Zechariah 12:10 Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.