The MacArthur Study Bible, NKJV

by John MacArthur

  27:13 t Is. 19:21, 22

  27:13 u (Is. 2:3); Zech. 14:16; (Heb. 12:22)

  Isaiah 28

  28:1 1 Lit. valleys of fatness

  28:2 a Is. 30:30; Ezek. 13:11

  28:4 2 Lit. valley of fatness

  28:7 b Prov. 20:1; Is. 5:11, 22; Hos. 4:11

  28:7 c Is. 56:10, 12

  28:9 d Jer. 6:10

  28:10 e (2 Chr. 36:15; Neh. 9:30; Jer. 25:3, 4; 35:15; 44:4)

  28:11 f Is. 33:19; 1 Cor. 14:21

  28:12 g Is. 30:15; Jer. 6:16; (Matt. 11:28, 29)

  28:15 h Is. 9:15; Ezek. 13:22; Amos 2:4

  28:16 i Gen. 49:24; Ps. 118:22; Is. 8:14, 15; Matt. 21:42; Mark 12:10; Luke 20:17; Acts 4:11; Rom. 9:33; 10:11; Eph. 2:20; 1 Pet. 2:6–8

  28:21 j 2 Sam. 5:20; 1 Chr. 14:11

  28:21 k Josh. 10:10, 12; 2 Sam. 5:25; 1 Chr. 14:16

  28:21 l (Lam. 3:33; Luke 19:41–44)

  28:21 3 Lit. foreign

  28:22 m Is. 10:22; Dan. 9:27

  28:22 4 Lit. complete end

  28:25 5 rye

  28:29 n Ps. 92:5; Is. 9:6; Jer. 32:19

  28:29 6 sound wisdom

  Isaiah 29

  29:1 a Ezek. 24:6, 9

  29:1 b 2 Sam. 5:9

  29:1 1 Jerusalem, lit. Lion of God

  29:4 c Is. 8:19

  29:5 d Is. 25:5

  29:5 e Job 21:18; Is. 17:13

  29:5 f Is. 30:13; 47:11; 1 Thess. 5:3

  29:6 g Is. 28:2; 30:30

  29:6 h 1 Sam. 2:10; Zech. 14:4; Matt. 24:7; Mark 13:8; Luke 21:11; Rev. 16:18, 19

  29:7 i Is. 37:36; Mic. 4:11, 12; Zech. 12:9

  29:7 j Job 20:8

  29:7 2 Jerusalem

  29:8 k Ps. 73:20

  29:9 l Is. 28:7, 8

  29:9 m Is. 51:21

  29:10 n Ps. 69:23; Is. 6:9, 10; Mic. 3:6; Rom. 11:8

  29:10 o Ps. 69:23; Is. 6:10

  29:10 p 1 Sam. 9:9; Is. 44:18; Mic. 3:6; (2 Thess. 2:9–12)

  29:11 q Is. 8:16

  29:11 r Dan. 12:4, 9; (Matt. 13:11–16); Rev. 5:1–5, 9

  29:11 3 scroll

  29:12 4 Lit. does not know books

  29:13 s Ps. 78:36; Ezek. 33:31; Matt. 15:8, 9; Mark 7:6, 7

  29:13 t Col. 2:22

  29:14 u Is. 6:9, 10; 28:21; Hab. 1:5

  29:14 v Is. 44:25; Jer. 49:7; Obad. 8; 1 Cor. 1:19

  29:15 w Is. 30:1

  29:15 x Ps. 10:11; 94:7; Is. 47:10; Ezek. 8:12; Mal. 2:17

  29:16 y Is. 45:9; Jer. 18:1–6; (Rom. 9:19–21)

  29:17 z Is. 32:15

  29:18 a Is. 35:5; Matt. 11:5; Mark 7:37

  29:19 b (Ps. 25:9; 37:11; Is. 11:4; 61:1; Matt. 5:5; 11:29)

  29:19 c Is. 14:30; (Matt. 5:3; 11:5; James 2:5)

  29:20 d Is. 28:14

  29:20 e Is. 59:4; Mic. 2:1

  29:20 5 terrifying

  29:21 f Amos 5:10, 12

  29:21 g Prov. 28:21

  29:22 h Josh. 24:3

  29:22 i Is. 45:17

  29:23 j (Is. 45:11; 49:20–26; Eph. 2:10)

  29:24 k Is. 28:7

  Isaiah 30

  30:1 a Is. 29:15

  30:1 b Deut. 29:19

  30:1 1 Lit. weave a web

  30:2 c Is. 31:1; Jer. 43:7

  30:2 d Num. 27:21; Josh. 9:14; 1 Kin. 22:7; Jer. 21:2; 42:2, 20

  30:3 e Is. 20:5; Jer. 37:5, 7

  30:4 f Is. 19:11

  30:5 g Jer. 2:36

  30:6 h Is. 57:9; Hos. 8:9; 12:1

  30:6 i Deut. 8:15; Is. 14:29

  30:6 2 oracle, prophecy

  30:7 j Jer. 37:7

  30:7 3 Lit. Rahab Sits Idle

  30:8 k Hab. 2:2

  30:9 l Deut. 32:20; Is. 1:2, 4; 65:2

  30:10 m Is. 5:20; Jer. 11:21; Amos 2:12; Mic. 2:6

  30:10 n 1 Kin. 22:8, 13; Jer. 6:14; 23:17, 26; Ezek. 13:7; Mic. 2:11; Rom. 16:18; 2 Tim. 4:3, 4

  30:12 o Lev. 26:43; Num. 15:31; Prov. 1:30; 13:13; Is. 5:24; Ezek. 20:13, 16, 24; Amos 2:4

  30:13 p 1 Kin. 20:30; Ps. 62:3, 4; Is. 58:12

  30:13 q Is. 29:5

  30:14 r Ps. 2:9; Jer. 19:11

  30:14 4 A piece of broken pottery

  30:15 s Ps. 116:7; Is. 7:4; 28:12

  30:15 t Matt. 23:37

  30:17 u Lev. 26:36; Deut. 28:25; 32:30; Josh. 23:10; (Prov. 28:1)

  30:17 5 A tree stripped of branches

  30:18 v Is. 33:2

  30:18 w Ps. 2:12; 34:8; Prov. 16:20; Jer. 17:7

  30:18 x Is. 26:8

  30:19 y Is. 65:9; (Ezek. 37:25, 28)

  30:19 z Is. 25:8

  30:19 a Ps. 50:15; Is. 65:24; (Matt. 7:7–11)

  30:20 b 1 Kin. 22:27; Ps. 127:2

  30:20 c Ps. 74:9; Amos 8:11

  30:20 6 oppression

  30:21 d Josh. 1:7

  30:22 e 2 Chr. 31:1; Is. 2:20; 31:7

  30:22 f Hos. 14:8

  30:23 g (Matt. 6:33); 1 Tim. 6:8

  30:23 7 rich

  30:25 h Is. 2:14, 15

  30:25 i Is. 2:10–21; 34:2

  30:26 j (Is. 60:19, 20; Rev. 21:23; 22:5)

  30:28 k Is. 11:4; 2 Thess. 2:8

  30:28 l Is. 8:8

  30:28 m 2 Kin. 19:28; Is. 37:29

  30:29 n (Is. 2:3)

  30:29 8 Lit. the Rock

  30:30 o Is. 29:6

  30:30 p Is. 28:2

  30:31 q Is. 14:25; 37:36

  30:31 r Is. 10:5, 24

  30:31 9 Lit. shattered

  30:32 s Is. 11:15

  30:33 t 2 Kin. 23:10; Jer. 7:31

  Isaiah 31

  31:1 a Is. 30:1, 2

  31:1 b Deut. 17:16; Ps. 20:7; Is. 2:7; 30:16

  31:1 c Is. 9:13; Dan. 9:13; Amos 5:4–8

  31:2 d Num. 23:19; Jer. 44:29

  31:2 1 retract

  31:3 e Is. 20:6

  31:4 f Num. 24:9; Hos. 11:10; Amos 3:8

  31:5 g Deut. 32:11; Ps. 91:4

  31:6 h Hos. 9:9

  31:7 i Is. 2:20; 30:22

  31:7 j 1 Kin. 12:30

  31:8 k 2 Kin. 19:35, 36

  31:8 l Is. 37:36

  31:9 m Is. 37:37

  Isaiah 32

  32:1 a Ps. 45:1

  32:2 b Is. 4:6

  32:2 1 shelter

  32:3 c Is. 29:18; 35:5

  32:4 d Is. 29:24

  32:4 2 hasty

  32:5 3 noble

  32:6 e Prov. 24:7–9

  32:7 f Jer. 5:26–28; Mic. 7:3

  32:8 4 noble

  32:9 g Is. 47:8; Amos 6:1; Zeph. 2:15

  32:13 h Is. 7:23–25; Hos. 9:6

  32:13 i Is. 22:2

  32:14 j Is. 27:10

  32:15 k (Is. 11:2); Ezek. 39:29; (Joel 2:28)

  32:15 l Ps. 107:35; Is. 29:17

  32:17 m Ps. 119:165; Is. 2:4; Rom. 14:17; James 3:18

  32:18 n Is. 11:10; 14:3; 30:15; (Hos. 2:18–23; Zech. 2:5; 3:10)

  32:19 o Is. 30:30

  32:19 p Zech. 11:2

  32:20 q (Eccl. 11:1); Is. 30:23, 24

  Isaiah 33

  33:1 a Is. 21:2; Hab. 2:8

  33:1 b Rev. 13:10

  33:1 c Is. 10:12; 14:25; 31:8

  33:2 d Is. 25:9; 26:8

  33:2 1 LXX omits their; Syr., Tg., Vg. our

  33:3 e Is. 17:13

  33:5 f Ps. 97:9

  33:7 g 2 Kin. 18:18, 37

  33:8 h Judg. 5:6

  33:8 i 2 Kin. 18:13–17

  33:8 2 Tg. They have been removed from their cities

  33:8 3 So with MT, Vg.; DSS witnesses; LXX omits cities

  33:9 j Is. 24:4

  33:10 k Ps. 12:5; Is. 2:19, 21

  33:11 l (Ps. 7:14; Is. 26:18; 59:4; James 1:15)

  33:12 m Is. 9:18

  33:13 n Ps. 48:10; Is. 49:1

  33:14 o Is. 30:27, 30; Heb. 12:29

  33:15 p Ps. 15:2; 24:3, 4; Is. 58:6–11

  33:15 q Ps. 119:37

  33:16 4 Lit. heights

  33:17 r Ps. 27:4

  33:18 s 1 Cor. 1:20

  33:19 t 2 Kin. 19:32

  33:19 u Deut. 28:49, 50; Is. 28:11; Jer. 5:15
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  33:19 5 Unintelligible speech

  33:20 v Ps. 48:12

  33:20 w Ps. 46:5; 125:1; Is. 32:18

  33:20 x Is. 37:33

  33:20 y Is. 54:2

  33:21 6 ship

  33:22 z (Acts 10:42)

  33:22 a Is. 1:10; 51:4, 7; James 4:12

  33:22 b Ps. 89:18; Is. 25:9; 35:4; Zech. 9:9

  33:24 c Is. 40:2; Jer. 50:20; Mic. 7:18, 19; 1 John 1:7–9

  Isaiah 34

  34:1 a Ps. 49:1; Is. 41:1; 43:9

  34:1 b Deut. 32:1; Is. 1:2

  34:2 c Is. 13:5

  34:3 d Joel 2:20; Amos 4:10

  34:4 e Ps. 102:26; Is. 13:13; Ezek. 32:7, 8; Joel 2:31; Matt. 24:29; 2 Pet. 3:10

  34:4 f Is. 14:12

  34:4 g Rev. 6:12–14

  34:5 h Deut. 32:41, 42; Jer. 46:10; Ezek. 21:3–5

  34:5 i Is. 63:1; Jer. 49:7, 8, 20; Ezek. 25:12–14; 35:1–15; Amos 1:11, 12; Obad. 1–14; Mal. 1:4

  34:6 j Is. 66:16

  34:6 k Zeph. 1:7

  34:6 1 Lit. fat

  34:7 2 Lit. made fat

  34:8 l Is. 63:4

  34:9 m Deut. 29:23; Ps. 11:6; Is. 30:33

  34:10 n Rev. 14:11; 18:18; 19:3

  34:10 o Is. 13:20–22; 24:1; 34:10–15; Mal. 1:3, 4

  34:11 p Is. 14:23; Zeph. 2:14; Rev. 18:2

  34:11 q 2 Kin. 21:13; Lam. 2:8

  34:11 3 Or owl

  34:11 4 Or hedgehog

  34:13 r Is. 32:13; Hos. 9:6

  34:13 s Is. 13:21

  34:14 5 Lit. howling creatures

  34:14 6 Heb. lilith

  34:16 t (Mal. 3:16)

  Isaiah 35

  35:1 a Is. 32:15; 55:12

  35:1 b Is. 41:19; 51:3

  35:1 1 desert

  35:1 2 Heb. arabah

  35:2 c Is. 32:15

  35:2 d Is. 40:5

  35:3 e Job 4:3, 4; Heb. 12:12

  35:3 3 Lit. sinking

  35:3 4 tottering or stumbling

  35:4 f Is. 34:8

  35:4 g Ps. 145:19; Is. 33:22

  35:5 h Is. 29:18; Matt. 9:27; John 9:6, 7

  35:5 i (Matt. 11:5)

  35:6 j Matt. 11:5; 15:30; John 5:8, 9; Acts 8:7

  35:6 k Is. 32:4; Matt. 9:32; 12:22

  35:6 l Is. 41:18; (John 7:38)

  35:7 m Is. 34:13

  35:8 n Is. 19:23

  35:8 o Is. 52:1; Joel 3:17; (Matt. 7:13, 14); 1 Pet. 1:15, 16; Rev. 21:27

  35:9 p Lev. 26:6; (Is. 11:7, 9); Ezek. 34:25

  35:10 q Is. 51:11

  35:10 r Is. 25:8; 30:19; 65:19; (Rev. 7:17; 21:4)

  Isaiah 36

  36:1 a 2 Kin. 18:13, 17; 2 Chr. 32:1

  36:2 1 A title, probably Chief of Staff or Governor

  36:3 b Is. 22:20

  36:3 c Is. 22:15

  36:4 d 2 Kin. 18:19

  36:5 2 Lit. a word of the lips

  36:6 e Ezek. 29:6

  36:6 f Ps. 146:3; Is. 30:3, 5, 7

  36:11 3 Lit. Judean

  36:16 g 1 Kin. 4:25; Mic. 4:4; Zech. 3:10

  36:18 h 2 Kin. 19:12; Is. 37:12

  36:19 i 2 Kin. 17:6

  36:21 4 were silent

  Isaiah 37

  37:1 a 2 Kin. 19:1–37; Is. 37:1–38

  37:3 b Is. 22:5; 26:16; 33:2

  37:3 1 contempt

  37:4 c Is. 36:15, 18, 20

  37:12 d Is. 36:18, 19

  37:13 e Is. 49:23

  37:16 f Is. 43:10, 11

  37:17 g 2 Chr. 6:40; Ps. 17:6; Dan. 9:18

  37:17 h Ps. 74:22

  37:18 i 2 Kin. 15:29; 16:9; 17:6, 24; 1 Chr. 5:26

  37:19 j Is. 40:19, 20

  37:20 k Is. 33:22

  37:20 l Ps. 83:18

  37:25 2 Or perhaps Egypt

  37:26 m Is. 25:1; 40:21; 45:21

  37:29 n 2 Kin. 19:35–37; 2 Chr. 32:21; Is. 30:28; Ezek. 38:4

  37:29 o Ezek. 38:4; 39:2

  37:32 p 2 Kin. 19:31; Is. 9:7; 59:17; Joel 2:18; Zech. 1:14

  37:35 q 2 Kin. 20:6; Is. 31:5; 38:6

  37:35 r 1 Kin. 11:13

  37:36 s 2 Kin. 19:35; Is. 10:12, 33, 34

  37:36 3 Or Angel

  37:36 4 Lit. struck

  37:38 t Ezra 4:2

  Isaiah 38

  38:1 a 2 Kin. 20:1–6, 9–11; 2 Chr. 32:24; Is. 38:1–8

  38:1 b 2 Sam. 17:23

  38:3 c Neh. 13:14

  38:3 d 2 Kin. 18:5, 6; Ps. 26:3

  38:3 1 whole or peaceful

  38:6 e 2 Kin. 19:35–37; 2 Chr. 32:21; Is. 31:5; 37:35

  38:7 f Judg. 6:17, 21, 36–40; 2 Kin. 20:8; Is. 7:11

  38:11 g Ps. 27:13; 116:9

  38:11 2 Heb. Yah, Yah

  38:11 3 LXX omits among the inhabitants of the world

  38:11 4 So with some Heb. mss.; MT, Vg. rest; Tg. land

  38:12 h Job 7:6

  38:14 i Is. 59:11; Ezek. 7:16; Nah. 2:7

  38:14 5 So with Bg.; MT, DSS Lord

  38:14 6 Be my surety

  38:15 j Job 7:11; 10:1; Is. 38:17

  38:15 7 So with MT, Vg.; DSS, Tg. And shall I say to Him; LXX omits first half of this verse

  38:18 k Ps. 6:5; 30:9; 88:11; 115:17; (Eccl. 9:10)

  38:19 l Deut. 4:9; 6:7; Ps. 78:3, 4

  38:21 m 2 Kin. 20:7

  38:22 n 2 Kin. 20:8

  Isaiah 39

  39:1 a 2 Kin. 20:12–19; 2 Chr. 32:31; Is. 39:1–8

  39:1 1 Berodach-Baladan, 2 Kin. 20:12

  39:2 b 2 Chr. 32:25, 31; Job 31:25

  39:3 c Deut. 28:49; Jer. 5:15

  39:6 d 2 Kin. 24:13; 25:13–15; Jer. 20:5

  39:7 e Dan. 1:1–7

  39:8 f 1 Sam. 3:18

  Isaiah 40

  40:2 a Is. 61:7

  40:2 1 Lit. to the heart of

  40:3 b Matt. 3:3; Mark 1:3; Luke 3:4–6; John 1:23

  40:3 c (Mal. 3:1; 4:5, 6)

  40:3 d Ps. 68:4

  40:3 2 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX omits in the desert

  40:4 e Is. 45:2

  40:4 3 Or a plain

  40:5 f Is. 35:2

  40:6 g Job 14:2; James 1:10; 1 Pet. 1:24, 25

  40:6 4 So with MT, Tg.; DSS, LXX, Vg. I

  40:8 h (John 12:34)

  40:10 i Is. 59:16, 18

  40:10 j Is. 62:11; Rev. 22:12

  40:10 5 in strength

  40:10 6 recompense

  40:11 k Jer. 31:10; (Ezek. 34:23, 31); Mic. 5:4; (John 10:11, 14–16; Heb. 13:20; 1 Pet. 2:25)

  40:12 l Prov. 30:4

  40:12 7 So with MT, LXX, Vg.; DSS adds of the sea; Tg. adds of the world

  40:12 8 A span .5 cubit, 9 inches; or the width of His hand

  40:13 m Job 21:22; Rom. 11:34; (1 Cor. 2:16)

  40:14 n Job 36:22, 23

  40:17 o Dan. 4:35

  40:17 p Ps. 62:9

  40:18 q Ex. 8:10; 15:11; 1 Sam. 2:2; Is. 46:5; (Mic. 7:18); Acts 17:29

  40:19 r Ps. 115:4–8; Is. 41:7; 44:10; Hab. 2:18, 19

  40:20 s 1 Sam. 5:3, 4; Is. 41:7; 46:7; Jer. 10:3

  40:20 9 an offering

  40:21 t Ps. 19:1; Is. 37:26; Acts 14:17; Rom. 1:19

  40:22 u Job 9:8; Ps. 104:2; Is. 42:5; 44:24; Jer. 10:12

  40:22 v Job 36:29; Ps. 19:4

  40:23 w Job 12:21; Ps. 107:40; Is. 34:12; (1 Cor. 1:26–29)

  40:23 10 reduces

  40:25 x (Deut. 4:15); Is. 40:18; (John 14:9; Col. 1:15)

  40:26 y Ps. 147:4

  40:27 z Is. 54:7, 8

  40:28 a Ps. 147:5; Eccl. 11:5; Rom. 11:33

  40:31 b Is. 30:15; 49:23

  40:31 c (Job 17:9); Ps. 103:5; (2 Cor. 4:8–10, 16)

  Isaiah 41

  41:1 a Hab. 2:20; Zech. 2:13

  41:1 b Is. 1:18

  41:2 c Is. 46:11

  41:2 d Gen. 14:14; Is. 45:1, 13

  41:3 1 Lit. in peace

  41:4 e Is. 41:26

  41:4 f Rev. 1:8, 17; 22:13

  41:4 g Is. 43:10; 44:6

  41:6 h Is. 40:19

  41:6 2 Lit. Be strong

  41:7 i Is. 44:13

  41:7
j Is. 40:19

  41:7 k Is. 40:20

  41:7 3 refiner

  41:7 4 Or The soldering is good

  41:8 l Deut. 7:6; 10:15; Ps. 135:4; (Is. 43:1)

  41:8 m 2 Chr. 20:7; James 2:23

  41:10 n Is. 41:13, 14; 43:5

  41:10 o (Deut. 31:6)

  41:11 p Ex. 23:22; Is. 45:24; 60:12; Zech. 12:3

  41:12 5 Lit. Men of your strife

  41:14 q Job 25:6; Ps. 22:6

  41:15 r Mic. 4:13; Hab. 3:12; (2 Cor. 10:4)

  41:16 s Jer. 51:2

  41:16 t Is. 45:25

  41:17 u Ps. 94:14; Rom. 11:2

  41:18 v Is. 35:6, 7; 43:19; 44:3

  41:18 w Ps. 107:35

  41:19 x Is. 35:1

  41:20 y Job 12:9; Is. 66:14

  41:21 z Is. 43:15

  41:22 a Is. 45:21

  41:22 b Is. 43:9

  41:22 6 Lit. set our heart on them

  41:23 c Is. 42:9; 44:7, 8; 45:3; (John 13:19)

  41:23 d Jer. 10:5

  41:24 e Ps. 115:8; Is. 44:9; (Rom. 3:10–20; 1 Cor. 8:4)

  41:25 f Ezra 1:2

  41:25 g Is. 41:2; Jer. 50:3

  41:25 7 East

  41:26 h Is. 43:9

  41:27 i Is. 41:4

  41:27 j Is. 40:9; Nah. 1:15

  41:28 k Is. 63:5

  41:29 l Is. 41:24

  41:29 8 So with MT, Vg.; DSS, Syr., Tg. nothing; LXX omits first line

  Isaiah 42

  42:1 a Is. 43:10; 49:3, 6; Matt. 12:18; (Phil. 2:7)

  42:1 b Matt. 3:17; 17:5; Mark 1:11; Luke 3:22; Eph. 1:6

  42:1 c (Is. 11:2); Matt. 3:16; (Luke 4:18, 19, 21); John 3:34

  42:1 1 Chosen

  42:3 2 dimly burning

  42:3 3 extinguish

  42:4 d (Gen. 49:10)

  42:5 e Is. 44:24; Zech. 12:1

  42:5 f Job 12:10; 33:4; Is. 57:16; Dan. 5:23; Acts 17:25

  42:6 g Is. 43:1

  42:6 h Is. 49:8

  42:6 i Is. 49:6; Luke 2:32; (Acts 10:45; 13:47; Gal. 3:14)

  42:7 j Is. 35:5

  42:7 k Is. 61:1; Luke 4:18; (2 Tim. 2:26; Heb. 2:14)

  42:7 l Is. 9:2

  42:8 m Ex. 20:3–5; Is. 48:11

  42:10 n Ps. 33:3; 40:3; 98:1

  42:10 o Ps. 107:23

  42:10 4 Lit. its fullness

  42:13 p Is. 31:4

  42:14 5 childbirth

  42:17 q Ps. 97:7; Is. 1:29; 44:11; 45:16

  42:19 r Is. 43:8; Ezek. 12:2; (John 9:39, 41)

  42:20 s Rom. 2:21

  42:22 6 Or trapped in caves

  42:24 t Is. 65:2

  42:25 u 2 Kin. 25:9

  42:25 v Is. 1:3; 5:13; Hos. 7:9

  42:25 w Is. 29:13

  Isaiah 43

  43:1 a Is. 43:5; 44:6

  43:1 b Is. 42:6; 45:4

  43:2 c (Ps. 66:12; 91:3)

  43:2 d (Deut. 31:6); Jer. 30:11

  43:2 e Dan. 3:25

  43:3 f (Prov. 11:8; 21:18)

  43:4 g Is. 63:9

  43:5 h Is. 41:10; 44:2; Jer. 30:10; 46:27, 28