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World English Bible

Isaiah 28 (WEBP)

[1] Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fertile valley of those who are overcome with wine!
[2] Behold, the Lord has one who is mighty and strong. Like a storm of hail, a destroying storm, and like a storm of mighty waters overflowing, he will cast them down to the earth with his hand.
[3] The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim will be trodden under foot.
[4] The fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fertile valley, shall be like the first-ripe fig before the summer, which someone picks and eats as soon as he sees it.
[5] In that day, Yahweh of Armies will become a crown of glory and a diadem of beauty to the residue of his people,
[6] and a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.
[7] They also reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink. The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink. They are swallowed up by wine. They stagger with strong drink. They err in vision. They stumble in judgment.
[8] For all tables are completely full of filthy vomit and filthiness.
[9] Whom will he teach knowledge? To whom will he explain the message? Those who are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts?
[10] For it is precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little.
[11] But he will speak to this nation with stammering lips and in another language,
[12] to whom he said, “This is the resting place. Give rest to the weary,” and “This is the refreshing;” yet they would not hear.
[13] Therefore Yahweh’s word will be to them precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, fall backward, be broken, be snared, and be taken.
[14] Therefore hear Yahweh’s word, you scoffers, that rule this people in Jerusalem:
[15] “Because you have said, ‘We have made a covenant with death, and we are in agreement with Sheol. When the overflowing scourge passes through, it won’t come to us; for we have made lies our refuge, and we have hidden ourselves under falsehood.’ ”
[16] Therefore the Lord Yahweh says, “Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone of a sure foundation. He who believes shall not act hastily.
[17] I will make justice the measuring line, and righteousness the plumb line. The hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters will overflow the hiding place.
[18] Your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol shall not stand. When the overflowing scourge passes through, then you will be trampled down by it.
[19] As often as it passes through, it will seize you; for morning by morning it will pass through, by day and by night; and it will be nothing but terror to understand the message.”
[20] For the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket is too narrow to wrap oneself in.
[21] For Yahweh will rise up as on Mount Perazim. He will be angry as in the valley of Gibeon; that he may do his work, his unusual work, and bring to pass his act, his extraordinary act.
[22] Now therefore don’t be scoffers, lest your bonds be made strong; for I have heard a decree of destruction from the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, on the whole earth.
[23] Give ear, and hear my voice! Listen, and hear my speech!
[24] Does he who plows to sow plow continually? Does he keep turning the soil and breaking the clods?
[25] When he has leveled its surface, doesn’t he plant the dill, and scatter the cumin seed, and put in the wheat in rows, the barley in the appointed place, and the spelt in its place?
[26] For his God instructs him in right judgment and teaches him.
[27] For the dill isn’t threshed with a sharp instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned over the cumin; but the dill is beaten out with a stick, and the cumin with a rod.
[28] Bread flour must be ground; so he will not always be threshing it. Although he drives the wheel of his threshing cart over it, his horses don’t grind it.
[29] This also comes out from Yahweh of Armies, who is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in wisdom.

Isaiah 28:15 Sheol is the place of the dead.
Isaiah 28:18 Sheol is the place of the dead.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Isaiah 28 (KJVS)

[1] Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading () flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome () with wine!
[2] Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, () shall cast down () to the earth with the hand.
[3] The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden () under feet:
[4] and the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading () flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh () upon it seeth, () while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up. ()
[5] In that day shall the Lord of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people,
[6] and for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth () in judgment, and for strength to them that turn () the battle to the gate.
[7] But they also have erred () through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; () the priest and the prophet have erred () through strong drink, they are swallowed up () of wine, they are out of the way () through strong drink; they err () in vision, they stumble () in judgment.
[8] For all tables are full () of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean.
[9] Whom shall he teach () knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand () doctrine? them that are weaned () from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
[10] For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
[11] for with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak () to this people.
[12] To whom he said, () This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; () and this is the refreshing: yet they would () not hear. ()
[13] But the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, () and fall () backward, and be broken, () and snared, () and taken. ()
[14] Wherefore hear () the word of the Lord, ye scornful men, that rule () this people which is in Jerusalem.
[15] Because ye have said, () We have made () a covenant with death, and with hell are we () at agreement; when the overflowing () scourge () shall pass through, () () () it shall not come () unto us: for we have made () lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid () ourselves:
[16] therefore thus saith () the Lord God, Behold, I lay () in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure () foundation: he that believeth () shall not make haste. ()
[17] Judgment also will I lay () to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away () the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow () the hiding place.
[18] And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, () and your agreement with hell shall not stand; () when the overflowing () scourge shall pass through, () then ye shall be trodden down by it.
[19] From the time that it goeth forth () it shall take () you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, () by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand () the report.
[20] For the bed is shorter () than that a man can stretch () himself on it: and the covering narrower () than that he can wrap () himself in it.
[21] For the Lord shall rise up () as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth () as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do () his work, his strange () work; and bring to pass () his act, his strange act.
[22] Now therefore be ye not mockers, () lest your bands be made strong: () for I have heard () from the Lord God of hosts a consumption, even determined () upon the whole earth.
[23] Give ye ear, () and hear () my voice; hearken, () and hear () my speech.
[24] Doth the plowman () plow () all day to sow? () doth he open () and break the clods () of his ground?
[25] When he hath made plain () the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad () the fitches, and scatter () the cummin, and cast () in the principal wheat and the appointed () barley and the rie in their place?
[26] For his God doth instruct () him to discretion, and doth teach () him.
[27] For the fitches are not threshed () with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about () upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out () with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.
[28] Bread corn is bruised; () because he will not ever be threshing () () it, nor break () it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise () it with his horsemen.
[29] This also cometh forth () from the Lord of hosts, which is wonderful () in counsel, and excellent () in working.

Isaiah 28:1 Heb. broken
Isaiah 28:3 Heb. with feet
Isaiah 28:4 Heb. swalloweth
Isaiah 28:9 Heb. the hearing
Isaiah 28:10 Or, hath been
Isaiah 28:11a Heb. stammerings of lip
Isaiah 28:11b Or, he hath spoken
Isaiah 28:18 Heb. a treading down to it
Isaiah 28:19 Or, when he shall make you to understand doctrine
Isaiah 28:25a Or, the wheat in the principal place, and barley in the appointed place
Isaiah 28:25b Heb. border
Isaiah 28:26 Or, and he bindeth it in such sort as God doth teach him

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Isaiah 28 (BYZ)

[1] ουαι τω στεφανω της υβρεως οι μισθωτοι εφραιμ το ανθος το εκπεσον εκ της δοξης επι της κορυφης του ορους του παχεος οι μεθυοντες ανευ οινου
[2] ιδου ισχυρον και σκληρον ο θυμος κυριου ως χαλαζα καταφερομενη ουκ εχουσα σκεπην βια καταφερομενη ως υδατος πολυ πληθος συρον χωραν τη γη ποιησει αναπαυσιν ταις χερσιν
[3] και τοις ποσιν καταπατηθησεται ο στεφανος της υβρεως οι μισθωτοι του εφραιμ
[4] και εσται το ανθος το εκπεσον της ελπιδος της δοξης επ ακρου του ορους του υψηλου ως προδρομος συκου ο ιδων αυτο πριν η εις την χειρα αυτου λαβειν θελησει αυτο καταπιειν
[5] τη ημερα εκεινη εσται κυριος σαβαωθ ο στεφανος της ελπιδος ο πλακεις της δοξης τω καταλειφθεντι μου λαω
[6] καταλειφθησονται επι πνευματι κρισεως επι κρισιν και ισχυν κωλυων ανελειν
[7] ουτοι γαρ οινω πεπλανημενοι εισιν επλανηθησαν δια το σικερα ιερευς και προφητης εξεστησαν δια τον οινον εσεισθησαν απο της μεθης του σικερα επλανηθησαν τουτ εστι φασμα
[8] αρα εδεται ταυτην την βουλην αυτη γαρ η βουλη ενεκεν πλεονεξιας
[9] τινι ανηγγειλαμεν κακα και τινι ανηγγειλαμεν αγγελιαν οι απογεγαλακτισμενοι απο γαλακτος οι απεσπασμενοι απο μαστου
[10] θλιψιν επι θλιψιν προσδεχου ελπιδα επ ελπιδι ετι μικρον ετι μικρον
[11] δια φαυλισμον χειλεων δια γλωσσης ετερας οτι λαλησουσιν τω λαω τουτω
[12] λεγοντες αυτω τουτο το αναπαυμα τω πεινωντι και τουτο το συντριμμα και ουκ ηθελησαν ακουειν
[13] και εσται αυτοις το λογιον κυριου του θεου θλιψις επι θλιψιν ελπις επ ελπιδι ετι μικρον ετι μικρον ινα πορευθωσιν και πεσωσιν εις τα οπισω και κινδυνευσουσιν και συντριβησονται και αλωσονται
[14] δια τουτο ακουσατε λογον κυριου ανδρες τεθλιμμενοι και αρχοντες του λαου τουτου του εν ιερουσαλημ
[15] οτι ειπατε εποιησαμεν διαθηκην μετα του αδου και μετα του θανατου συνθηκας καταιγις φερομενη εαν παρελθη ου μη ελθη εφ ημας εθηκαμεν ψευδος την ελπιδα ημων και τω ψευδει σκεπασθησομεθα
[16] δια τουτο ουτως λεγει κυριος ιδου εγω εμβαλω εις τα θεμελια σιων λιθον πολυτελη εκλεκτον ακρογωνιαιον εντιμον εις τα θεμελια αυτης και ο πιστευων επ αυτω ου μη καταισχυνθη
[17] και θησω κρισιν εις ελπιδα η δε ελεημοσυνη μου εις σταθμους και οι πεποιθοτες ματην ψευδει οτι ου μη παρελθη υμας καταιγις
[18] μη και αφελη υμων την διαθηκην του θανατου και η ελπις υμων η προς τον αδην ου μη εμμεινη καταιγις φερομενη εαν επελθη εσεσθε αυτη εις καταπατημα
[19] οταν παρελθη λημψεται υμας πρωι πρωι παρελευσεται ημερας και εν νυκτι εσται ελπις πονηρα μαθετε ακουειν
[20] στενοχωρουμενοι ου δυναμεθα μαχεσθαι αυτοι δε ασθενουμεν του ημας συναχθηναι
[21] ωσπερ ορος ασεβων αναστησεται και εσται εν τη φαραγγι γαβαων μετα θυμου ποιησει τα εργα αυτου πικριας εργον ο δε θυμος αυτου αλλοτριως χρησεται και η πικρια αυτου αλλοτρια
[22] και υμεις μη ευφρανθειητε μηδε ισχυσατωσαν υμων οι δεσμοι διοτι συντετελεσμενα και συντετμημενα πραγματα ηκουσα παρα κυριου σαβαωθ α ποιησει επι πασαν την γην
[23] ενωτιζεσθε και ακουετε της φωνης μου προσεχετε και ακουετε τους λογους μου
[24] μη ολην την ημεραν μελλει ο αροτριων αροτριαν η σπορον προετοιμασει πριν εργασασθαι την γην
[25] ουχ οταν ομαλιση αυτης το προσωπον τοτε σπειρει μικρον μελανθιον και κυμινον και παλιν σπειρει πυρον και κριθην και ζεαν εν τοις οριοις σου
[26] και παιδευθηση κριματι θεου σου και ευφρανθηση
[27] ου γαρ μετα σκληροτητος καθαιρεται το μελανθιον ουδε τροχος αμαξης περιαξει επι το κυμινον αλλα ραβδω εκτινασσεται το μελανθιον το δε κυμινον
[28] μετα αρτου βρωθησεται ου γαρ εις τον αιωνα εγω υμιν οργισθησομαι ουδε φωνη της πικριας μου καταπατησει υμας
[29] και ταυτα παρα κυριου σαβαωθ εξηλθεν τα τερατα βουλευσασθε υψωσατε ματαιαν παρακλησιν

Scripture quotations from the 2018 Robinson-Pierpont edition of the Greek New Testament in the Original Greek, Byzantine Majority Text. It is in the public domain.