Book of Isaiah, Chapter 28
Chapter 28 of Isaiah
and to the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
which is on the head of the rich valley of those overcome with wine!
like a storm of hail, a destroying tempest,
like a storm of mighty, overflowing waters,
he will cast down to the earth with violence.
will be trodden under foot;
which is on the head of the rich valley,
will be like a first-ripe fig before the summer:
when a man sees it, he eats it up
as soon as it is in his hand.
and a diadem of beauty, to the remnant of his people;
and strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.
and stagger with strong drink;
the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink,
they are confused with wine,
they stagger with strong drink;
they err in vision,
they stumble in giving judgment.
no place is without filthiness.
and to whom will he explain the message?
Those who are weaned from the milk,
those taken from the breast?
line upon line, line upon line,
here a little, there a little.”
and with an alien tongue
the LORD will speak to this people,
“This is rest;
give rest to the weary;
and this is repose”;
yet they would not hear.
precept upon precept, precept upon precept,
line upon line, line upon line,
here a little, there a little;
that they may go, and fall backward,
and be broken, and snared, and taken.
who rule this people in Jerusalem!
and with Sheol we have an agreement;
when the overwhelming scourge passes through
it will not come to us;
for we have made lies our refuge,
and in falsehood we have taken shelter”;
“Behold, I am laying in Zion for a foundation
a stone, a tested stone,
a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation:
‘He who believes will not be in haste.’
and righteousness the plummet;
and hail will sweep away the refuge of lies,
and waters will overwhelm the shelter.”
and your agreement with Sheol will not stand;
when the overwhelming scourge passes through
you will be beaten down by it.
for morning by morning it will pass through,
by day and by night;
and it will be sheer terror to understand the message.
and the covering too narrow to wrap oneself in it.
he will be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon;
to do his deed—strange is his deed!
and to work his work—alien is his work!
lest your bonds be made strong;
for I have heard a decree of destruction
from the Lord GOD of hosts upon the whole land.
hearken, and hear my speech.
does he continually open and harrow his ground?
does he not scatter dill, sow cummin,
and put in wheat in rows
and barley in its proper place,
and spelt as the border?
his God teaches him.
nor is a cart wheel rolled over cummin;
but dill is beaten out with a stick,
and cummin with a rod.
No, he does not thresh it for ever;
when he drives his cart wheel over it
with his horses, he does not crush it.
he is wonderful in counsel,
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