Isaiah 28
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Woe to the Leaders of Ephraim and Judah
1#Hos 7:5; Isa 28:3–4 Woe to the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim,
whose glorious beauty is a fading flower
which is at the head of the fertile valley
of those who are overcome with wine!
2#Isa 30:30; Eze 13:11 See, the Lord has a mighty and strong one,
as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm,
as a flood of mighty overflowing waters,
He has cast it down to the earth with His hand.
3#Isa 26:6 The proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim
is trodden under foot;
4#Mic 7:1; Na 3:12 and the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
which is at the head of the fertile valley,
shall be like a first-ripe fig before the summer,
which when one sees, while it is yet in his hand,
he eats it up.
5#Isa 62:3; 41:16 In that day the Lord of Hosts
shall become a crown of glory
and a diadem of beauty
to the remnant of His people,
6#1Ki 3:28; Jn 5:30 a spirit of justice
for him who sits in judgment,
and strength
to those who turn away the battle at the gate.
7#Ps 107:27; Pr 20:1 But they also have erred through wine
and stagger from strong drink;
the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink,
they are confused by wine,
they stagger from strong drink;
they err while having visions,
they stumble when rendering judgment.
8#Jer 48:26 For all the tables are full of vomit
and filthiness so that there is no clean place.
9#Ps 131:2; Jer 6:10 “To whom shall He teach knowledge,
and to whom shall He interpret the message?
Those just weaned from the milk
and drawn from the breasts?
10For He says,
‘Precept upon precept, precept upon precept,
line upon line, line upon line,
here a little, there a little.’ ”
11#1Co 14:21 For with stammering lips and foreign tongue
He will speak to this people,
12#Mt 11:28–29; Isa 30:15 He who said to them,
“This is the rest. Give rest to the weary,”
and, “This is repose,”
yet they would not listen.
13#Mt 21:44 So the word of the Lord will be to them,
“Precept upon precept, precept upon precept,
line upon line, line upon line,
here a little, there a little,”
that they might go and fall backward,
be broken, snared, and taken captive.
14#Isa 1:10; 28:22 Therefore, hear the word of the Lord, Oscoffers,
who rule this people who are in Jerusalem,
15#Isa 8:7–8; Da 11:22 because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death,
and with hell we are in agreement.
The overflowing scourge shall not come to us
when it passes through,
for we have made lies our refuge
and under falsehood we have hid ourselves.”
A Cornerstone in Zion
16#Ps 118:22; Mt 21:42; Ro 9:33Therefore, thus says the Lord God:
See, I lay in Zion a stone,
a tested stone,
a precious cornerstone, firmly placed;
he who believes shall not act hastily.
17#2Ki 21:13; Isa 28:2 I shall make justice the measuring line
and righteousness the plummet;
then the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies
and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18#Isa 7:7; 28:15 Your covenant with death shall be annulled,
and your agreement with hell shall not stand;
when the overflowing scourge passes through,
then you shall be trodden down by it.
19As often as it passes through, it shall seize you;
for morning by morning it shall pass through,
anytime by day or night.
It shall be terror only
to understand the report.
20The bed is too short to stretch out,
and the covering is too small to wrap oneself in it.
21#Jos 10:10; 10:12 For the Lord shall rise up as at Mount Perazim,
He shall be wrathful as in the Valley of Gibeon
to do His work, His unusual work,
and bring to pass His task, His exceptional task.
22#Isa 10:22–23 Now therefore, do not continue as mockers,
lest your bonds be made stronger;
for I have heard from the Lord God of Hosts
of determined destruction upon the whole earth.
23Give ear and hear my voice;
listen and hear my speech.
24Does the plowman plow all day to sow?
Does he continually turn and break the clods of his ground?
25Does he not level its surface
and sow dill and scatter the cumin
and plant wheat in rows,
barley in its place
and the rye within its area?
26For his God instructs
and teaches him appropriately.
27#Am 1:3 For the dill is not threshed with a threshing instrument,
nor is a cartwheel driven over the cumin;
but the dill is beaten out with a staff,
and the cumin with a rod.
28Grain for bread is crushed;
so he does not continue to thresh it forever,
nor break it with the wheel of his cart,
nor crush it with his horsemen.
29#Isa 9:6; Ro 11:33 This also comes from the Lord of Hosts,
who is wonderful in counsel and excellent in wisdom.
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Yeshayah (Isaiah) 28
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1Woe to the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephrayim, and to the fading flower of its splendid comeliness that is on the head of the fertile valley, to those who are overcome with wine!
2See, יהוה has one who is strong and potent, like a downpour of hail and a destroying storm, like a flood of mighty waters overflowing, who casts down to the earth with the hand.
3The proud crown of the drunkards of Ephrayim, is trampled under foot;
4and the fading flower of its splendid comeliness that is on the head of the fertile valley, like the first fruit before the summer, which, when one sees it, he eats it up while it is still in his hand.
5In that day יהוה of hosts is for a crown of splendour and a head-dress of comeliness to the remnant of His people,
6and a spirit of right-ruling to him who sits in right-ruling, and strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.
7And these too have gone astray through wine, and through strong drink wandered about. Priest and prophet have gone astray through strong drink, they are swallowed up by wine, they wander about through strong drink, they go astray in vision, they stumble in right-ruling.
8For all tables shall be covered with vomit, no place without filth.
9Whom would He teach knowledge? And whom would He make to understand the message? Those weaned from milk, those taken from the breasts!
10For it is: command upon command, command upon command, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little.
11For with a jabbering lip and a foreign tongue He speaks to this people,
12to whom He said, “This is the rest, give rest to the weary,” and, “This is the refreshing.” But they would not hear.
13But the Word of יהוה was to them, “Command upon command, command upon command, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little,” so that they go and shall stumble backward, and be broken and snared and taken captive.
14Therefore hear the Word of יהוה, you men of scorn, who rule this people who are in Yerushalayim,
15because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death, and with She’ol we have effected a vision. When the overflowing scourge passes through, it does not come to us, for we have made lying our refuge, and under falsehood we have hidden ourselves.”
16Therefore thus said the Master יהוה, “See, I am laying in Tsiyon a stone for a foundation, a tried stone, a precious corner-stone, a settled foundation. He who trusts shall not hasten away.
17And I shall make right-ruling the measuring line, and righteousness the plummet. And the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lying, and the waters overflow the hiding place.
18And your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your vision with She’ol not stand. When an overflowing scourge passes through, then you shall be trampled down by it.
19As often as it passes through it shall take you, for it shall pass through every morning, and by day and by night. And it shall be only trembling to understand the message.”
20For the bed shall be too short for a man to stretch out on, and the covering shall be too narrow to wrap himself in it.
21For יהוה rises up as at Mount Peratsim, and He is wroth as at the Valley of Giḇ‛on, to do His work, His strange work, and to do His deed, His strange deed.
22And now, do not be scoffers, lest your bonds be made strong. For I have heard from the Master יהוה of hosts, a destruction decreed upon all the earth.
23Give ear and hear my voice, listen and hear my Word.
24Does the ploughman keep ploughing all day to sow? Does he keep turning his soil and breaking the clods?
25When he has levelled its surface, does he not sow the caraway and scatter the cummin, plant the wheat in rows, the barley in the appointed place, and the spelt in its place?
26For He instructs him for right-ruling, his Elohim teaches him.
27For caraway is not threshed with a threshing sledge, nor is a wagon wheel rolled over cummin, but caraway is beaten out with a stick, and cummin with a rod.
28Grain is crushed, so one does not go on threshing it forever, nor break it with his wagon wheel, nor crush it with his horsemen.
29Even this has come from יהוה of hosts, who did wonders in counsel, who made wisdom great.
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