Basic English Bible Verse Images: Isaiah Chapter 28 in Stunning Detail
Isaiah 28:1. Ho! crown of pride of those who are given up to wine in Ephraim, and the dead flower of his glory which is on the head of those who are overcome by strong drink!
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Isaiah 28:2. See, the Lord has a strong and cruel one; like a rain of ice, a storm of destruction, like the overflowing of a strong river, he will violently overcome them.
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Isaiah 28:3. The crown of pride of those who are given up to wine in Ephraim will be crushed under foot;
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Isaiah 28:4. And the dead flower of his glory, which is on the head of the fertile valley, will be like the first early fruit before the summer; which a man takes and puts in his mouth the minute he sees it.
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Isaiah 28:5. In that day will the Lord of armies be a crown of glory, and a fair ornament, to the rest of his people;
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Isaiah 28:6. And a spirit of wisdom to the judge, and strength to those who keep back the attackers at the door of the town.
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Isaiah 28:7. And further, these are uncertain through wine, and have gone out of the right way through strong drink: the priest and the prophet are uncertain through strong drink, they are overcome by wine, they have gone out of the way through strong drink; their vision is false, they go wrong in their decisions.
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Isaiah 28:8. For all the tables are covered with coughed-up food, so that there is not a clean place.
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Isaiah 28:9. To whom will he give knowledge? and to whom will he make clear the word? Will it be to those who have newly given up milk, and who have only now been taken from the breast?
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Isaiah 28:10. For it is one rule after another; one line after another; here a little, there a little.
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Isaiah 28:11. No, but with broken talk, and with a strange tongue, he will give his word to this people:
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Isaiah 28:12. To whom he said, This is the rest, give rest to him who is tired; and by this you may get new strength; but they would not give ear.
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Isaiah 28:13. For this cause the word of the Lord will be to them rule after rule, line after line, here a little, there a little; so that they may go on their way, and falling back may be broken, and taken in the net.
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Isaiah 28:14. Give ear then to the word of the Lord, you men of pride, the rulers of this people in Jerusalem:
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Isaiah 28:15. Because you have said, We have made death our friend, and with the underworld we have made an agreement; when the overflowing waters come through they will not come near us; for we are looking to false words for help, taking cover in what is untrue:
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Isaiah 28:16. For this cause says the Lord God, See, I am placing in Zion as a base, a stone, a tested stone, an angle-stone which is certain and of great value: and he who has faith will not give way.
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Isaiah 28:17. And I will make right decision the measuring-line, and righteousness the weight: and the ice-storm will take away the safe place of false words, and the secret place will be covered by the flowing waters.
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Isaiah 28:18. And the help you were looking for from death will come to nothing, and your agreement with the underworld will be broken; when the overflowing waters come through, then you will be overcome by them.
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Isaiah 28:19. Whenever they come through they will overtake you; for they will come through morning after morning, by day and by night: and the news will be nothing but fear.
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Isaiah 28:20. For the bed is not long enough for a man to be stretched out on: and the cover is not wide enough for him to be covered with.
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Isaiah 28:21. For the Lord will come up as on Mount Perazim, he will be moved to wrath as in the valley of Gibeon; so that he may do his work--strange is his work; and give effect to his act--unnatural is his act.
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Isaiah 28:22. And now, take care that you do not make sport of him, or your bands will be made strong; for I have had word from the Lord, the Lord of armies, of an end, of a complete end, which is to come on all the land.
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Isaiah 28:23. Let your ears be open to my voice; give attention to what I say.
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Isaiah 28:24. Is the ploughman for ever ploughing? does he not get the earth ready and broken up for the seed?
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Isaiah 28:25. When the face of the earth has been levelled, does he not put in the different sorts of seed, and the grain in lines, and the barley in its place, and the spelt at the edge?
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Isaiah 28:26. For his God is his teacher, giving him the knowledge of these things.
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Isaiah 28:27. For the fitches are not crushed with a sharp instrument, and a cart-wheel is not rolled over the cummin; but the grain of the fitches is hammered out with a stick, and of the cummin with a rod.
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Isaiah 28:28. Is the grain for bread crushed? He does not go on crushing it for ever, but he lets his cart-wheels and his horses go over it without crushing it.
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Isaiah 28:29. This comes from the Lord of armies, purposing wonders, and wise in all his acts.
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