OET interlinear ISA 28:11

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

בְּ⁠לַעֲגֵ֣י שָׂפָ֔ה

by,stammerings_of language

Isaiah is using the word lip to mean a foreign language, since lips are used to speak. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [with the stammering speech of a foreign language]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

בְּ⁠לַעֲגֵ֣י שָׂפָ֔ה

by,stammerings_of language

Isaiah is using the possessive form to describe stammerings that are characterized by being from a foreign lip, that is, speech that sounds like stammering because it is in a foreign language. If a speaker of your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could express this idea in another way. Alternate translation: [with stammering speech]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

בְּ⁠לַעֲגֵ֣י

by,stammerings_of

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of stammerings, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [with stammering]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וּ⁠בְ⁠לָשׁ֖וֹן אַחֶ֑רֶת

and,by,a_language foreign

Isaiah is using the word tongue to mean a foreign language, since the tongue is used for speaking. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and with another language]

Note 5 topic: writing-pronouns

יְדַבֵּ֖ר

speak

The pronoun he refers to Yahweh. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [Yahweh himself will speak]

Note 6 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

כִּ֚י

that/for/because/then/when

The word translated as So indicates that what follows is a result of what came before. Use a connector in your language that makes this clear. Alternate translation: [Therefore]