BY THE LIPS OF STRANGERS

1. Isaiah’s Prophecies  

a) Isaiah declares, "Come let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us about his ways, and that we may walk in his paths. The law will go forth from Zion and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem" (Isaiah 2:3). Isaiah looks forward to the gospel. In Isaiah, you will find nine prophecies, quoted in the New Testament, concerning the preaching of the gospel to the whole world, both Jew and Gentile. Some of these prophecies focus on the ministry of Jesus. These prophecies show how the gospel of Jesus would bring understanding to an ignorant world.

2. By The Lips Of Strangers

1 Corinthians 14:21
21 In the Law it is written, “By men of strange tongues and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people, and even so they will not listen to Me,” says the Lord.

Isaiah 28:11
11 Indeed, He will speak to this people
Through stammering lips and a foreign tongue,

a) Indeed the gospel is to be preached "by the lips of strangers and in a foreign tongue" (1 Corinthians 14:21, Isaiah 28:11). Not only would all nations hear the gospel, but it would be preached in the languages of all the nations. By providing the special miraculous gift of speaking in tongues, God showed that it was his intention that the wonderful works of God should be proclaimed to people in their own tongues (Acts 2:5-12). By the same principle, the scriptures have been translated into a great many languages so that people can be the more enlightened in understanding the truth themselves, and more empowered to go and preach it to others.