Isaiah speaks of the coming judgment that will result in the destruction of Jerusalem. First would be the wave of the Assyrian army in the late 700s B.C. – as Sennacherib and his army would crush the whole of Israel and Judah – leaving only the city of Jerusalem barely standing.
And then 140 years later, in 587 BC, the Babylonians under Nebuchadnezzar would finish the job.
Israel had refused to listen to the prophets. They refused to hear the word of the LORD. And so “by people of strange lips and with a foreign tongue the LORD will speak to this people.” (v11)
Paul will quote this verse in order to explain the purpose of the gift of tongues. Tongues are designed to be a sign of judgment for those who will not listen to prophecy....
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