Isaiah 28:11 Commentary: Rashi & Ibn Ezra

כִּ֚י בְּלַעֲגֵ֣י שָׂפָ֔ה וּבְלָשׁ֖וֹן אַחֶ֑רֶת יְדַבֵּ֖ר אֶל־הָעָ֥ם הַזֶּֽה׃

For with stammering lips and with a strange tongue Shall it be spoken to this people;

Rashi on Isaiah

With distorted speech (בְּלַעֲגֵי שָׂפָה) Similarly, לְעָגִים and (infra 32:4), עִלְּגִים, are both expressions of distorted speech, which is not readily grasped.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

בלעני שפה With laughing12A. V., Stammering. lips. Comp. לענ derision (Ps. lxxix., 4). The teacher speaks to the child in a laughing and mocking way.
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Rashi on Isaiah

he speaks to this people Everyone who speaks to them words of prophecy or admonition is to them like a distorted language, which they cannot understand.
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