Book of Isaiah, Chapter 28
Isaiah 28 NASB - New American Standard BibleChapter 28 of Isaiah—New American Standard Bible (NASB)
- ¶ Woe to the proud crown of the 1drunkards of 2Ephraim,
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! - Behold, the Lord has a strong and 3mighty agent;
As a storm of 4hail, a tempest of destruction,
Like a storm of 5mighty overflowing waters,
He has cast it down to the earth with His hand. - The proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim is 6trodden under foot.
- And the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
Which is at the head of the [c]fertile valley,
Will be like the 7first-ripe fig prior to summer,
Which [d]one sees,
And [e]as soon as it is in his [f]hand,
He swallows it. - In that day the 8LORD of hosts will become a beautiful 9crown
And a glorious diadem to the remnant of His people; - A 10spirit of justice for him who sits in judgment,
A 11strength to those who repel the [g]onslaught at the gate. - And these also 12reel with wine and stagger from strong drink:
13The priest and 14the prophet reel with strong drink,
They are confused by wine, they stagger from 15strong drink;
They reel while [h]having 16visions,
They totter when rendering judgment. - For all the tables are full of filthy 17vomit, without a single clean place.
- ¶ “To 18whom would He teach knowledge,
And to whom would He interpret the message?
Those just 19weaned from milk?
Those just taken from the breast? - “For He says,
‘[i]20Order on order, order on order,
Line on line, line on line,
A little here, a little there.’” - Indeed, He will speak to this people
Through 21stammering lips and a foreign tongue, - He who said to them, “Here is 22rest, give rest to the weary,”
And, “Here is repose,” but they would not listen. - So the word of the LORD to them will be,
“[j]Order on order, order on order,
Line on line, line on line,
A little here, a little there,”
That they may go and 23stumble backward, be broken, snared and taken captive. - ¶ Therefore, 24hear the word of the LORD, O 25scoffers,
Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem, - Because you have said, “We have made a 26covenant with death,
And with [k]Sheol we have made a [l]pact.
27The overwhelming [m]scourge will not reach us when it passes by,
For we have made 28falsehood our refuge and we have 29concealed ourselves with deception.” - ¶ Therefore thus says the Lord [n]GOD,
¶ “30Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a tested 31stone,
A costly cornerstone for the foundation, [o]firmly placed.
He who believes in it will not be [p]disturbed. - “I will make 32justice the measuring line
And righteousness the level;
Then 33hail will sweep away the refuge of lies
And the waters will overflow the secret place. - “Your 34covenant with death will be [q]35canceled,
And your pact with Sheol will not stand;
When the 36overwhelming scourge passes through,
Then you become its 37trampling place. - “As 38often as it passes through, it will [r]seize you;
For 39morning after morning it will pass through, anytime during the day or night,
And it will be [s]sheer 40terror to understand [t]what it means.” - The bed is too short on which to stretch out,
And the 41blanket is too [u]small to wrap oneself in. - For the LORD will rise up as at Mount 42Perazim,
He will be stirred up as in the valley of 43Gibeon,
To do His 44task, His [v]45unusual task,
And to work His work, His [w]extraordinary work. - And now do not carry on as 46scoffers,
Or your fetters will be made stronger;
For I have heard from the Lord [x]GOD of hosts
Of decisive 47destruction on all the earth. - ¶ Give ear and hear my voice,
Listen and hear my words. - Does the [y]farmer plow [z]continually to plant seed?
Does he continually [aa]turn and harrow the ground? - Does he not level its surface
And sow dill and scatter 48cummin
And [ab]plant 49wheat in rows,
Barley in its place and rye within its [ac]area? - For his God instructs and teaches him properly.
- For dill is not threshed with a 50threshing sledge,
Nor is the cartwheel [ad]driven over cummin;
But dill is beaten out with a rod, and cummin with a club. - Grain for bread is crushed,
Indeed, he does not continue to thresh it forever.
Because the wheel of his cart and his horses eventually [ae]damage it,
He does not thresh it longer. - This also comes from the LORD of hosts,
Who has made His counsel 51wonderful and His wisdom 52great.
FOOTNOTES
- ^ Lit valley of fatness
- ^ Lit smitten
- ^ Lit valley of fatness
- ^ Lit the one seeing sees
- ^ Lit while it is yet
- ^ Lit palm
- ^ Lit battle
- ^ Lit seeing
- ^ Heb Sav lasav, sav lasav, Kav lakav, kav lakav, Ze’ er sham, ze’ er sham These Hebrew monosyllables, imitating the babbling of a child, mock the prophet’s preaching
- ^ V 10, note 1 The LORD responds to their scoffing by imitating their mockery, to represent the unintelligible language of a conqueror
- ^ I.e. the nether world
- ^ So some ancient versions; Heb seer
- ^ Or flood
- ^ Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- ^ Lit well-laid
- ^ Lit in a hurry
- ^ Lit covered over
- ^ Lit take
- ^ Lit only
- ^ Lit the report, or, the message
- ^ Lit narrow
- ^ Lit task is strange
- ^ Lit work is alien
- ^ Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- ^ Lit plowman
- ^ Lit all day
- ^ Lit open
- ^ Lit put
- ^ Lit region
- ^ Lit rolled
- ^ Lit discomfit
REFERENCES
- ^ Is 28:7; Ho 7:5
- ^ Is 9:9
- ^ Is 8:7; 40:10
- ^ Is 28:17; 30:30; 32:19; Eze 13:11
- ^ Is 8:6, 7; 30:28; Na 1:8
- ^ Is 26:6; 28:18
- ^ Ho 9:10; Mc 7:1; Na 3:12
- ^ Is 41:16; 45:25; 60:1, 19
- ^ Is 62:3
- ^ 1Ki 3:28; Is 11:2; 32:15, 16; Jn 5:30
- ^ 2Ch 32:6-8; Is 25:4
- ^ Is 5:11, 22; 22:13; 56:12; Ho 4:11
- ^ Is 24:2
- ^ Is 9:15
- ^ Hab 2:15, 16
- ^ Is 29:11
- ^ Je 48:26
- ^ Is 2:3; 28:26; 30:20; 48:17; 50:4; 54:13
- ^ Ps 131:2
- ^ 2Ch 36:15; Ne 9:30
- ^ Is 33:19; 1Co 14:21
- ^ Is 11:10; 30:15; 32:17, 18; Je 6:16; Mt 11:28, 29
- ^ Is 8:15; Mt 21:44
- ^ Is 1:10; 28:22
- ^ Is 29:20
- ^ Is 28:18
- ^ Is 8:8; 28:2; 30:28; Da 11:22
- ^ Is 9:15; 30:9; 44:20; 59:3, 4; Eze 13:22
- ^ Is 29:15
- ^ Ro 9:33; 10:11; 1Pe 2:6
- ^ Ps 118:22; Is 8:14, 15; Mt 21:42; Mr 12:10; Lu 20:17; Ac 4:11; Eph 2:20
- ^ 2Ki 21:13; Is 5:16; 30:18; 61:8; Am 7:7-9
- ^ Is 28:2
- ^ Is 28:15
- ^ Is 7:7; 8:10
- ^ Is 28:15
- ^ Is 28:3; Da 8:13
- ^ 2Ki 24:2
- ^ Is 50:4
- ^ Jb 6:4; 18:11; 24:17; Ps 55:4; 88:15; La 2:22
- ^ Is 59:6
- ^ 2Sa 5:20; 1Ch 14:11
- ^ Jos 10:10, 12; 2Sa 5:25; 1Ch 14:16
- ^ Is 10:12; 29:14; 65:7
- ^ La 2:15; 3:33; Lu 19:41-44
- ^ Is 28:14
- ^ Is 10:22, 23
- ^ Mt 23:23
- ^ Ex 9:32
- ^ Am 1:3
- ^ Is 9:6
- ^ Is 31:2; Ro 11:33
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