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Book of Isaiah, Chapter 28

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Chapter 28 of Isaiah—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ Woe to the eminent crown[a] of the drunkards of Eʹphra·im,1 and the fading blossom of its[b] decoration of beauty that is upon the head of the fertile valley[c] of those overpowered by wine!
  2. Look! Jehovah[d] has someone strong and vigorous.2 Like a thunderous storm of hail,3 a destructive storm, like a thunderous storm of powerful, flooding waters,4 he will certainly do a casting down to the earth with force.[e]
  3. With the feet the eminent crowns of the drunkards of Eʹphra·im will be trampled5 down.
  4. And the fading flower6 of its decoration of beauty that is upon the head of the fertile valley must become like the early fig7 before summer, that, when the seer sees it, while it is yet in his palm, he swallows it down.
  5. ¶ In that day Jehovah of armies will become as a crown of decoration8 and as a garland of beauty9 to the ones remaining10 over[f] of his people,
  6. and as a spirit of justice[g] to the one sitting in the judgment,11 and as mightiness [to] those turning away the battle from the gate.12
  7. ¶ And these also—because of wine they have gone astray and because of intoxicating liquor they have wandered about. Priest and prophet13—they have gone astray because of intoxicating liquor, they have become confused as a result of the wine, they have wandered14 about as a result of the intoxicating liquor; they have gone astray in their seeing, they have reeled as to decision.
  8. For the tables themselves have all become full of filthy vomit15—there is no place [without it].
  9. ¶ Whom will one instruct in knowledge,16 and whom will one make understand what has been heard?[h]17 Those who have been weaned from the milk, those moved away from the breasts?18
  10. For it is “command upon command, command upon command, measuring line upon measuring line, measuring line upon measuring line, here a little, there a little.”[i]19
  11. For by those stammering with their lips20 and by a different tongue21 he will speak to this people,22
  12. those to whom he has said: “This is the resting-place. GIVE rest to the weary one. And this is the place of ease,” but who were not willing to hear.23
  13. And to them the word of Jehovah will certainly become “command upon command, command upon command, measuring line upon measuring line, measuring line upon measuring line,24 here a little, there a little,” in order that they may go and certainly stumble backwards and actually be broken and ensnared and caught.25
  14. ¶ Therefore hear the word of Jehovah, YOU braggarts,[j] YOU rulers26 of this people who are in Jerusalem:
  15. Because YOU men have said: “We have concluded a covenant with Death;27 and with Sheʹol we have effected a vision;[k]28 the overflowing flash flood, in case it should pass through, will not come to us, for we have made a lie our refuge29 and in falsehood we have concealed ourselves”;30
  16. therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah has said: “Here I am laying[l] as a foundation in Zion31 a stone,[m]32 a tried stone,33 the precious corner34 of a sure foundation.[n]35 No one exercising faith will get panicky.[o]36
  17. And I will make justice[p] the measuring line37 and righteousness38 the leveling instrument; and the hail39 must sweep away the refuge of a lie,40 and the waters themselves will flood out the very place of concealment.41
  18. And YOUR covenant with Death will certainly be dissolved,[q]42 and that vision of YOURS with Sheʹol will not stand.43 The overflowing flash flood, when it passes through44—YOU must also become for it a trampling place.45
  19. As often as it passes through, it will take YOU men away,46 because morning by morning it will pass through, during the day and during the night; and it must become nothing but a reason for quaking47 to make [others] understand what has been heard.”[r]
  20. ¶ For the couch has proved too short for stretching oneself on, and the woven sheet itself is [too] narrow when wrapping oneself up.
  21. For Jehovah will rise up just as at Mount Pe·raʹzim,48 he will be agitated just as in the low plain near Gibʹe·on,49 that he may do his deed—his deed is strange—and that he may work his work[s]—his work is unusual.50
  22. And now do not show yourselves scoffers,51 in order that YOUR bands may not grow strong, for there is an extermination, even something decided upon, that I have heard of from the Sovereign52 Lord, Jehovah of armies, for all the land.[t]53
  23. ¶ Give ear, YOU men, and listen to my voice; pay attention and listen to my saying.
  24. Is it all day long54 that the plower plows in order to sow seed, that he loosens and harrows his ground?55
  25. Does he not, when he has smoothed out its surface, then scatter black cumin and sprinkle the cumin,56 and must he not put in wheat, millet,[u]57 and barley in the appointed place,[v]58 and spelt59 as his boundary?60
  26. And one corrects61 him according to what is right.[w] His own God[x] instructs him.62
  27. For it is not with a threshing instrument63 that black cumin is given a treading; and upon cumin no wheel of a wagon is turned. For it is with a rod64 that black cumin is generally beaten out, and cumin with a staff.
  28. Is breadstuff itself generally crushed? For never does one incessantly65 keep treading it out.66 And he must set the roller of his wagon in motion, and his own steeds, [but] he will not crush it.67
  29. This also is what has come forth from Jehovah of armies himself,68 who has been wonderful in counsel, who has done greatly in effectual working.69

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit., “the crown of eminence.”
  2. ^ Or, “his.”
  3. ^ Lit., “the valley of fatnesses [or, fertile soils].”
  4. ^ One of 134 scribal changes from YHWH to ʼAdho·naiʹ. See App 1B.
  5. ^ Lit., “hand.”
  6. ^ Or, “to the remnant.”
  7. ^ Or, “judgment.” Heb., mish·patʹ.
  8. ^ Or, “understand the report.”
  9. ^ Lit., “For it is ’tsaw upon tsaw, tsaw upon tsaw, qaw upon qaw, qaw upon qaw, a little here, a little there,’” as an imitation of the sounds of the prophet’s speech. Heb., ki tsaw la·tsawʹ tsaw la·tsawʹ, qaw la·qawʹ qaw la·qawʹ, zeʽehrʹ sham zeʽehrʹ sham.
  10. ^ Lit., “you men of bragging talk.”
  11. ^ Lit., “a seer,” M; T, “peace”; LXXVg, “pact(s).”
  12. ^ “Here I am laying,” in agreement with TLXXSyVg; M, “Here I am, [the One that] has laid.”
  13. ^ “In Zion a stone.” Heb., beTsi·yohnʹ ʼaʹven; Gr., Si·onʹ liʹthon; Lat., in Siʹon laʹpi·dem; Syr., beTs·hiun kiʼ·phaʼ; T(Aram.), beTsi·yohnʹ meʹlekh, “in Zion a king.”
  14. ^ Or, “a corner of meeting for foundation with foundation.” The expression “a sure foundation” is lit., “foundation, foundation.”
  15. ^ Or, “act hastily.”
  16. ^ Or, “judgment.” Heb., mish·patʹ.
  17. ^ Lit., “and was covered.” Heb., wekhup·parʹ.
  18. ^ Or, “the report.”
  19. ^ Or, “his service.” Heb., ʽavo·dha·thohʹ.
  20. ^ Or, “the earth.” Heb., ha·ʼaʹrets.
  21. ^ “Wheat, millet.” Or, “wheat in rows.” The meaning of the second Heb. word is uncertain.
  22. ^ Or, “in the appointed time”; or, “in the determined portion.” The meaning is uncertain.
  23. ^ Or, “as to judgment.”
  24. ^ “His own God.” Heb., ʼElo·havʹ.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Is 7:2; Ho 7:11
  2. ^ Is 7:17, 20
  3. ^ Jb 38:22; Is 28:17; Eze 13:11
  4. ^ Is 29:6; Na 1:8
  5. ^ Is 25:10; La 1:15
  6. ^ Jm 1:10
  7. ^ Je 24:2; Na 3:12; Re 6:13
  8. ^ Is 24:15, 23; 62:3
  9. ^ Is 35:2
  10. ^ Is 11:16; Ro 11:5
  11. ^ Nu 11:17; 1Ki 3:28; Ps 72:1; Is 11:2
  12. ^ Ps 18:34; 68:35; Pp 4:13
  13. ^ Je 5:31; 23:13
  14. ^ 2Ki 16:10
  15. ^ Je 48:26
  16. ^ Heb 5:14
  17. ^ Is 6:10
  18. ^ Ho 4:6; Mt 15:8, 9
  19. ^ 2Ki 21:13; Is 28:17; La 2:8
  20. ^ De 28:49; Je 5:15
  21. ^ Da 1:4
  22. ^ 1Co 14:21
  23. ^ Ps 81:11; Je 44:16
  24. ^ 2Ki 21:13; Is 28:17; La 2:8
  25. ^ 2Ch 36:16; Is 8:15
  26. ^ Hab 1:10
  27. ^ Is 28:18
  28. ^ Eze 13:16
  29. ^ Is 31:1, 3
  30. ^ Is 30:10
  31. ^ Heb 12:22; Re 14:1
  32. ^ Ps 118:22; Ro 9:33; 1Pe 2:6
  33. ^ Heb 2:10; 5:9
  34. ^ Mt 21:42; Mr 12:10; Lu 20:17; Ac 4:11
  35. ^ Is 51:16; Mt 16:18; 1Co 3:11; Eph 2:20
  36. ^ Ro 9:33; 10:11; 1Pe 2:6
  37. ^ 2Ki 21:13
  38. ^ Ps 9:8; 35:24; Je 11:20
  39. ^ Is 28:2
  40. ^ 2Ki 18:21; Is 31:1, 3; Je 43:11
  41. ^ Je 42:14; 43:7; Eze 17:15
  42. ^ Ro 5:14
  43. ^ Is 28:15
  44. ^ Is 8:8; Je 47:2
  45. ^ 2Ki 18:13
  46. ^ Is 24:1
  47. ^ 2Ki 21:12; Je 19:3; Hab 3:16
  48. ^ 2Sa 5:20; 1Ch 14:11
  49. ^ Jos 10:10; 1Ch 14:16
  50. ^ La 2:15; Hab 1:5
  51. ^ 2Ch 30:10; 36:16; Je 20:7
  52. ^ Is 10:23
  53. ^ Is 24:1
  54. ^ Ps 30:5; 103:9; Mc 7:18
  55. ^ Je 4:3
  56. ^ Mt 23:23
  57. ^ Eze 4:9
  58. ^ Le 19:19
  59. ^ Ex 9:32; Eze 4:9
  60. ^ Le 19:9, 10; 23:22
  61. ^ Je 10:24; Heb 12:6, 11
  62. ^ Ps 119:71
  63. ^ Is 41:15; Am 1:3
  64. ^ Is 10:5
  65. ^ Ps 103:9; Mc 7:18
  66. ^ Is 21:10; 1Co 9:9
  67. ^ Le 26:44; Is 10:20
  68. ^ Heb 12:9
  69. ^ Ps 40:5; Je 32:19; Ro 11:33

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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