In the Scriptures. Paul paraphrases Isaiah 28:11-12 to make a strong statement about the inferiority of strange tongues (glossolalia). Compare 1 Corinthians 1:19; 1 Corinthians 2:9; 1 Corinthians 3:19. The context of this quotation is "drunken Israelites mocking God's message as spoken by the prophet, as though it were only suitable for little children. In anger, God says he will give his lessons to them through the lips of foreign conquerors." The strange tongues in this quotation would be punishment. The strange tongues may serve a similar sad purpose in the church. In other words, strange tongues were not to be understood as evidence of God's special favor.

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Old Testament