Isaiah 28:1-4

Ephraim’s Captivity Predicted

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Woe to the proud crown of the ^(A)drunkards of ^(B)Ephraim,
And to the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
Which is at the head of the ^(a)fertile valley
Of those who are ^(b)overcome with wine!

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Behold, the Lord has a strong and ^(C)mighty agent;
As a storm of ^(D)hail, a tempest of destruction,
Like a storm of ^(E)mighty overflowing waters,
He has cast it down to the earth with His hand.

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The proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim is ^(F)trodden under foot.

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And the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
Which is at the head of the ^(c)fertile valley,
Will be like the ^(G)first-ripe fig prior to summer,
Which ^(d)one sees,
And ^(e)as soon as it is in his ^(f)hand,
He swallows it.

Footnotes:

a. Isaiah 28:1: ['Lit ', valley of fatness]

b. Isaiah 28:1: ['Lit ', smitten]

c. Isaiah 28:4: ['Lit ', valley of fatness]

d. Isaiah 28:4: ['Lit ', the one seeing sees]

e. Isaiah 28:4: ['Lit ', while it is yet]

f. Isaiah 28:4: ['Lit ', palm]

Cross references:

A. Isaiah 28:1: Isaiah 28:7; Hosea 7:5

B. Isaiah 28:1: Isaiah 9:9

C. Isaiah 28:2: Isaiah 8:7; Isaiah 40:10

D. Isaiah 28:2: Isaiah 28:17; Isaiah 30:30; Isaiah 32:19; Ezekiel 13:11

E. Isaiah 28:2: Isaiah 8:6; Isaiah 8:7; Isaiah 30:28; Nahum 1:8

F. Isaiah 28:3: Isaiah 26:6; Isaiah 28:18

G. Isaiah 28:4: Hosea 9:10; Micah 7:1; Nahum 3:12