ASV_Strong : Isaiah 28
1. Woe[H1945] to the crown[H5850] of pride[H1348] of the drunkards[H7910] of Ephraim[H669], and to the fading[H5034] flower[H6731] of his glorious[H6643] beauty[H8597], which is on the head[H7218] of the fat[H8081] valley[H1516] of them that are overcome[H1986] with wine[H3196]!
2. Behold[H136], the Lord hath a mighty[H2389] and strong one[H533]; as a tempest[H2230] of hail[H1259], a destroying[H6986] storm[H8178], as a tempest[H2230] of mighty[H3524] waters[H4325] overflowing[H7857], will he cast down[H3240] to the earth[H776] with the hand[H3027].
3. The crown[H5850] of pride[H1348] of the drunkards[H7910] of Ephraim[H669] shall be trodden[H7429] under foot[H7272]:
4. and the fading[H5034] flower[H6733] of his glorious[H6643] beauty[H8597], which is on the head[H7218] of the fat[H8081] valley[H1516], shall be as the first-ripe[H1061] fig before the summer[H7019]; which when he that looketh[H7200] upon it seeth[H7200], while it is yet in his hand[H3709] he eateth it up[H1104].
5. In that day[H3117] will Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635] become a crown[H5850] of glory[H6643], and a diadem[H6843] of beauty[H8597], unto the residue[H7605] of his people[H5971];
6. and a spirit[H7307] of justice[H4941] to him that sitteth[H3427] in judgment[H4941], and strength[H1369] to them that turn[H7725] back the battle[H4421] at the gate[H8179].
7. And even these[H428] reel[H7686] with wine[H3196], and stagger[H8582] with strong drink[H7941]; the priest[H3548] and the prophet[H5030] reel[H7686] with strong drink[H7941], they are swallowed up[H1104] of[H4480] wine[H3196], they stagger[H8582] with strong drink[H7941]; they err[H7686] in vision[H7203], they stumble[H6328] in judgment[H6417].
8. For all tables[H7979] are full[H4390] of vomit[H6892] and filthiness[H6675], so that there is no place clean[H4725].
9. Whom will he teach[H3384] knowledge[H1844]? and whom will he make to understand[H995] the message[H8052]? them that are weaned[H1580] from the milk[H2461], and drawn[H6267] from the breasts[H7699]?
10. For it is precept[H6673] upon precept[H6673], precept[H6673] upon precept[H6673]; line[H6957] upon line[H6957], line[H6957] upon line[H6957]; here a little[H2191], there a little[H2191].
11. Nay[H3934], but by men of strange lips[H8193] and with another[H312] tongue[H3956] will he speak[H1696] to this people[H5971];
12. to whom he said[H559], This is the rest[H4496], give ye rest[H5117] to him that is weary[H5889]; and this is the refreshing[H4774]: yet they would[H14] not hear[H8085].
13. Therefore shall the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068] be unto them precept[H6673] upon precept[H6673], precept[H6673] upon precept[H6673]; line[H6957] upon line[H6957], line[H6957] upon line[H6957]; here a little[H2191], there a little[H2191]; that they may go[H3212], and fall[H3782] backward[H268], and be broken[H7665], and snared[H3369], and taken[H3920].
14. Wherefore hear[H8085] the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068], ye[H582] scoffers[H3944], that rule[H4910] this people[H582] that is in Jerusalem[H3389]:
15. Because ye have said[H559], We have made[H3772] a covenant[H1285] with death[H4194], and with Sheol[H7585] are we[H6213] at agreement[H2374]; when the overflowing[H7857] scourge[H7752] shall pass through[H5674], it shall not come[H935] unto us[H7760]; for we have made lies[H3577] our refuge[H4268], and under falsehood[H8267] have we hid ourselves[H5641]:
16. therefore thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136] Jehovah[H3069], Behold[H3245], I lay in Zion[H6726] for a foundation a stone[H68], a tried[H976] stone[H68], a precious[H3368] corner[H6438]- stone of sure[H3245] foundation[H4143]: he that believeth[H539] shall not be in haste[H2363].
17. And I will make[H7760] justice[H4941] the line[H6957], and righteousness[H6666] the plummet[H4949]; and the hail[H1259] shall sweep away[H3261] the refuge[H4268] of lies[H3577], and the waters[H4325] shall overflow[H7857] the hiding-place[H5643].
18. And your covenant[H1285] with death[H4194] shall be annulled[H3722], and your agreement[H2380] with Sheol[H7585] shall not stand[H6965]; when the overflowing[H7857] scourge[H7752] shall pass through[H5674], then ye shall be trodden down by it[H4823].
19. As often[H1767] as it passeth though[H5674], it shall take[H3947] you[H1242]; for morning by morning[H1242] shall it pass through[H5674], by day[H3117] and by night[H3915]: and it shall be nought but terror[H2113] to understand[H995] the message[H8052].
20. For the bed[H4702] is shorter[H7114] than that a man can stretch[H8311] himself on it[H4541]; and the covering narrower[H6887] than that he can wrap himself in it[H3664].
21. For Jehovah[H3068] will rise up[H6965] as in mount[H2022] Perazim[H6559], he will be wroth[H7264] as in the valley[H6010] of Gibeon[H1391]; that he may do[H6213] his work[H4639], his strange[H2114] work[H4639], and bring to pass[H5647] his act[H5656], his strange[H5237] act[H5656].
22. Now therefore be ye not scoffers[H3887], lest your bonds[H4147] be made strong[H2388]; for a decree[H2782] of destruction[H3617] have I heard[H8085] from the Lord[H136], Jehovah[H136] of hosts[H6635], upon the whole earth[H776].
23. Give ye ear[H238], and hear[H8085] my voice[H6963]; hearken[H7181], and hear[H8085] my speech[H565].
24. Doth he that ploweth[H2790] to sow[H2232] plow[H2790] continually[H3117]? doth he continually open[H6605] and harrow[H7702] his ground[H127]?
25. When he hath levelled[H7737] the face[H6440] thereof[H6327], doth he not cast abroad the fitches[H7100], and scatter[H2236] the cummin[H3646], and put[H7760] in the wheat[H2406] in rows[H7795], and the barley[H8184] in the appointed[H5567] place[H3698], and the spelt in the border thereof[H1367]?
26. For his God[H430] doth instruct[H3256] him aright[H4941], and doth teach him[H3384].
27. For the fitches[H7100] are not threshed[H1758] with a sharp threshing instrument[H2742], neither is a cart[H5699] wheel[H212] turned about[H5437] upon the cummin[H3646]; but the fitches[H7100] are beaten out[H2251] with a staff[H4294], and the cummin[H3646] with a rod[H7626].
28. Bread[H3899] grain is ground[H1854]; for he will not be always[H5331] threshing[H156] it[H1536]: and though the wheel of his cart[H5699] and his horses[H6571] scatter[H2000] it[H1854], he doth not grind it.
29. This also cometh forth[H3318] from Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635], who is wonderful[H6381] in counsel[H6098], and excellent[H1431] in wisdom[H8454].
Related Links: