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Isaiah 28 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Ephraim’s Captivity Predicted

28 Woe to the proud crown of the ^(A)habitually drunk of ^(B)Ephraim,
And to the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
Which is at the head of the ^[a]fertile valley
Of those who are ^[b]overcome with wine!
²Behold, the Lord has a strong and ^(C)mighty agent;
As a storm of ^(D)hail, a tempest of destruction,
Like a storm of ^(E)mighty overflowing waters,
He has thrown it down to the earth with His hand.
³The splendid crown of the habitually drunk of Ephraim is ^(F)trampled underfoot.
⁴And the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
Which is at the head of the ^[c]fertile valley,
Will be like the ^(G)first-ripe fig prior to the summer,
Which ^[d]one sees,
And ^[e]as soon as it is in his ^[f]hand,
He swallows it.
⁵On that day the ^(H)Lord of armies will become a beautiful ^(I)crown
And a glorious wreath to the remnant of His people;
⁶A ^(J)spirit of justice for him who sits in judgment,
A ^(K)strength to those who repel the ^[g]onslaught at the gate.
⁷And these also ^(L)reel with wine and stagger from intoxicating drink:
^(M)The priest and ^(N)the prophet reel with intoxicating drink,
They are confused by wine, they stagger from ^(O)intoxicating drink;
They reel while ^[h]having ^(P)visions,
They stagger when rendering a verdict.
⁸For all the tables are full of filthy ^(Q)vomit, without a single clean place.

⁹“To ^(R)whom would He teach knowledge,
And to whom would He interpret the message?
Those just ^(S)weaned from milk?
Those just taken from the breast?
¹⁰For He says,
‘^[i]^(T)Order on order, order on order,
Line on line, line on line,
A little here, a little there.’”
¹¹Indeed, He will speak to this people
Through ^(U)stammering lips and a foreign tongue,
¹²He who said to them, “This is the ^(V)place of quiet, give rest to the weary,”
And, “This is the resting place,” but they would not listen.
¹³So the word of the Lord to them will be,
“^[j]Order on order, order on order,
Line on line, line on line,
A little here, a little there,”
That they may go and ^(W)stumble backward, be broken, snared, and taken captive.

Judah Is Warned

¹⁴Therefore, ^(X)hear the word of the Lord, you ^(Y)scoffers,
Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem,
¹⁵Because you have said, “We have made a ^(Z)covenant with death,
And with ^[k]Sheol we have made a ^[l]pact.
^(AA)The ^[m]gushing flood will not reach us when it passes by,
Because we have made ^(AB)falsehood our refuge and we have ^(AC)concealed ourselves with deception.”

¹⁶Therefore this is what the Lord ^[n]God says:

“^(AD)Behold, I am laying a stone in Zion, a tested ^(AE)stone,
A precious cornerstone for the foundation, ^[o]firmly placed.
The one who believes in it will not be ^[p]disturbed.
¹⁷I will make ^(AF)justice the measuring line
And righteousness the level;
Then ^(AG)hail will sweep away the refuge of lies,
And the waters will overflow the secret place.
¹⁸Your ^(AH)covenant with death will be ^[q]^(AI)canceled,
And your pact with Sheol will not stand;
When the ^(AJ)^[r]gushing flood passes through,
Then you will become its ^(AK)trampling ground.
¹⁹As ^(AL)often as it passes through, it will ^[s]seize you;
For ^(AM)morning after morning it will pass through, anytime during the day or night,
And it will be ^[t]sheer ^(AN)terror to understand ^[u]what it means.”
²⁰The bed is too short on which to stretch out,
And the ^(AO)blanket is too ^[v]small to wrap oneself in.
²¹For the Lord will rise up as at Mount ^(AP)Perazim,
He will be stirred up as in the Valley of ^(AQ)Gibeon,
To do His ^(AR)task, His ^[w]^(AS)unusual task,
And to work His work, His ^[x]extraordinary work.
²²And now do not carry on as ^(AT)scoffers,
Or your shackles will be made stronger;
For I have heard from the Lord ^[y]God of armies
Of decisive ^(AU)destruction on all the earth.

²³Listen and hear my voice,
Pay attention and hear my words.
²⁴Does the ^[z]farmer plow ^[aa]continually to plant seed?
Does he continually ^[ab]turn and break up his ground?
²⁵Does he not level its surface
And sow dill and scatter ^(AV)cumin
And ^[ac]plant ^(AW)wheat in rows,
Barley in its place and rye within its ^[ad]area?
²⁶For his God instructs and teaches him properly.
²⁷For dill is not threshed with a ^(AX)threshing sledge,
Nor is the cartwheel ^[ae]driven over cumin;
But dill is beaten out with a rod, and cumin with a club.
²⁸Grain for bread is crushed,
Indeed, he does not continue to thresh it forever.
Because the wheel of his cart and his horses eventually ^[af]damage it,
He does not thresh it longer.
²⁹This also comes from the Lord of armies,
Who has made His counsel ^(AY)wonderful and His wisdom ^(AZ)great.

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