These drunken leaders mocked Isaiah for the simplicity and repetition with which he presented the Lord"s messages (cf. Acts 17:18). [source][source][source]
"Verses9 , 10 give us the jeering reply of the Proverbs -Assyrian party of King Ahaz, who resisted the impact of Isaiah"s words recorded in the previous paragraph. They scoffed at his remarks as "Sunday School moralizing," appropriate for infants but quite irrelevant to grown men who understand the art of practical politics." [1][source]
"His [2] laws are like little petty annoyances, one command after another, or one joined to another, coming constantly." [3][source]
They accused Isaiah of proclaiming elementary teaching and of speaking to them like small children (cf. Isaiah 6:9-10). What Isaiah advocated was trust in the Lord rather than reliance on foreign alliances for national security. Isaiah built his hearers" knowledge bit by bit, adding a little here and a little there. This Isaiah , of course, the best method of teaching, but it has never appealed to proud intellectuals who consider themselves beyond the simplicity of God"s truth. Similarly, today, many modern university professors of religion ridicule those who believe we should take the Bible at face value. [source][source][source]
"There is no more hardened nor cynical person in the world than a religious leader who has seared his conscience. For them, tender appeals which would move anyone else become sources of amusement. They have learned how to debunk everything and to believe nothing ( Hebrews 10:26-31), all the while speaking loftily of matters of the spirit ( James 3:13-18)." [4][source]
"How odd that the more correction we need, the less we think we need it." [5][source]