{"book":"Isaiah","slug":"isaiah","ch":28,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Isaiah","prev":"isaiah/27","next":"isaiah/29","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the fading flower of his glorious splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, [the pride] of those overcome by wine.","f":["That is, the northern kingdom of Israel; also in verse 3"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"to the fading flower of his glorious splendor,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"set on the summit above the fertile valley,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[the pride] of those overcome by wine."}],"h":"The Captivity of Ephraim","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":2,"t":"Behold, the Lord [has one ] [who is] strong and mighty. Like a hailstorm or destructive tempest, like a driving rain or flooding downpour, he will smash [that crown] to the ground.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Behold, the Lord [has one ]"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[who is] strong and mighty."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Like a hailstorm or destructive tempest,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"like a driving rain or flooding downpour,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"he will smash [that crown] to the ground."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"The majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards will be trampled underfoot.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards"},{"style":"indent2","t":"will be trampled underfoot."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"The fading flower of his beautiful splendor, [set] on the summit above the fertile valley, will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest: Whoever sees it will take it in his hand [and] swallow it.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The fading flower of his beautiful splendor,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[set] on the summit above the fertile valley,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest:"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Whoever sees it will take it in his hand [and] swallow it."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"On that day the LORD of Hosts will be a crown of glory, a diadem of splendor to the remnant of His people,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"On that day the LORD of Hosts will be a crown of glory,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a diadem of splendor to the remnant of His people,"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":6,"t":"a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and a strength to those who repel the onslaught at the gate.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and a strength to those who repel the onslaught at the gate."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"These also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddled by wine. They stumble because of strong drink, muddled in their visions and stumbling in their judgments.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"These also stagger from wine"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and stumble from strong drink:"},{"style":"indent1","t":"Priests and prophets reel from strong drink"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and are befuddled by wine."},{"style":"indent1","t":"They stumble because of strong drink,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"muddled in their visions and stumbling in their judgments."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":8,"t":"For all their tables are covered with vomit; there is not a place without filth.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For all their tables are covered with vomit;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"there is not a place without filth."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"Whom is He trying to teach? To whom is He explaining His message? To infants just weaned from milk? To babies removed from the breast?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Whom is He trying to teach?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"To whom is He explaining His message?"},{"style":"indent1","t":"To infants just weaned from milk?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"To babies removed from the breast?"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":10,"t":"For [they hear]:“ Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there.”","f":["Or For He says or For it is; literally For","Or Do this, do that, a rule for this, a rule for that; Hebrew sav lasav sav lasav kav lakav kav lakav (possibly meaningless sounds to demonstrate an inability to understand); also in verse 13"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For [they hear]:"},{"style":"indent2","t":"“ Order on order, order on order,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"line on line, line on line;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a little here, a little there.”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"Indeed, with mocking lips and foreign tongues, He will speak to this people","f":["Cited in 1 Corinthians 14:21"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Indeed, with mocking lips and foreign tongues,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He will speak to this people"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"to whom He has said:“ This is the place of rest, let the weary rest; this is the place of repose.” But they would not listen.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"to whom He has said:"},{"style":"indent1","t":"“ This is the place of rest, let the weary rest;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"this is the place of repose.”"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"But they would not listen."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"Then the word of the LORD to them will become:“ Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there,” so that they will go stumbling backward and will be injured, ensnared, and captured.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Then the word of the LORD to them will become:"},{"style":"indent2","t":"“ Order on order, order on order,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"line on line, line on line;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a little here, a little there,”"},{"style":"indent1","t":"so that they will go stumbling backward"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and will be injured, ensnared, and captured."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":14,"t":"Therefore hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Therefore hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers"},{"style":"indent2","t":"who rule this people in Jerusalem."}],"h":"A Cornerstone in Zion","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":15,"t":"For you said,“ We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.”","f":["Or false gods"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For you said,“ We have made a covenant with death;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol."},{"style":"indent1","t":"When the overwhelming scourge passes through"},{"style":"indent2","t":"it will not touch us,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"because we have made lies our refuge"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and falsehood our hiding place.”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"So this is what the Lord GOD says:“ See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.","f":["LXX will never be put to shame; cited in Romans 9:33, Romans 10:11, and 1 Peter 2:6"],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"So this is what the Lord GOD says:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ See, I lay a stone in Zion,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a tested stone,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the one who believes will never be shaken."}],"style":"reg"},{"v":17,"t":"I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I will make justice the measuring line"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and righteousness the level."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and water will flood your hiding place."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":18,"t":"Your covenant with death will be dissolved, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand. When the overwhelming scourge passes through, you will be trampled by it.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Your covenant with death will be dissolved,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and your agreement with Sheol will not stand."},{"style":"indent1","t":"When the overwhelming scourge passes through,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"you will be trampled by it."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":19,"t":"As often as it passes through, it will carry you away; it will sweep through morning after morning, by day and by night.” The understanding of [this] message [will bring] sheer terror.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"As often as it passes through,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"it will carry you away;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"it will sweep through morning after morning,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"by day and by night.”"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"The understanding of [this] message"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[will bring] sheer terror."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":20,"t":"Indeed, the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket too small to wrap around you.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Indeed, the bed is too short to stretch out on,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the blanket too small to wrap around you."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":21,"t":"For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim. He will rouse Himself as [in] the Valley of Gibeon, to do His work, His strange work, and to perform His task, His disturbing task.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim."},{"style":"indent2","t":"He will rouse Himself as [in] the Valley of Gibeon,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"to do His work, His strange work,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and to perform His task, His disturbing task."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":22,"t":"So now, do not mock, or your shackles will become heavier. Indeed, I have heard from the Lord GOD of Hosts a decree of destruction against the whole land.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"So now, do not mock,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or your shackles will become heavier."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Indeed, I have heard from the Lord GOD of Hosts"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a decree of destruction against the whole land."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":23,"t":"Listen and hear my voice. Pay attention and hear what I say.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Listen and hear my voice."},{"style":"indent2","t":"Pay attention and hear what I say."}],"h":"Listen and Hear","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":24,"t":"Does the plowman plow for planting every day? Does he continuously loosen and harrow the soil?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Does the plowman plow for planting every day?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Does he continuously loosen and harrow the soil?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":25,"t":"When he has leveled its surface, does he not sow caraway and scatter cumin? He plants wheat in rows and barley in plots, and rye within its border.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"When he has leveled its surface,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"does he not sow caraway and scatter cumin?"},{"style":"indent1","t":"He plants wheat in rows and barley in plots,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and rye within its border."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":26,"t":"For his God instructs and teaches him properly.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"For his God instructs"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and teaches him properly."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":27,"t":"Surely caraway is not threshed with a sledge, and the wheel of a cart is not rolled over the cumin. But caraway is beaten out with a stick, and cumin with a rod.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Surely caraway is not threshed with a sledge,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the wheel of a cart is not rolled over the cumin."},{"style":"indent1","t":"But caraway is beaten out with a stick,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and cumin with a rod."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":28,"t":"Grain for bread must be ground, but it is not endlessly threshed. Though the wheels of the cart roll over it, the horses do not crush it.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Grain for bread must be ground,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"but it is not endlessly threshed."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Though the wheels of the cart roll over it,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the horses do not crush it."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":29,"t":"This also comes from the LORD of Hosts, [who] is wonderful in counsel [and] excellent in wisdom.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"This also comes from the LORD of Hosts,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[who] is wonderful in counsel"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[and] excellent in wisdom."}],"style":"indent1"}]}