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Isaiah pronounces woe on proud Ephraim’s drunken leaders, warns Jerusalem’s scoffing rulers that their supposed covenant with death will fail, and announces God’s sure foundation stone in Zion.
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Isaiah 28
Isaiah pronounces woe on proud Ephraim’s drunken leaders, warns Jerusalem’s scoffing rulers that their supposed covenant with death will fail, and announces God’s sure foundation stone in Zion.
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Verses 1–8Woe to Ephraim’s drunken crown and to leaders overcome by wineVerses 9–13Mocking hearers reject line-upon-line instruction and stumbleVerses 14–22Jerusalem’s rulers trust lies, but God lays a sure foundation in ZionVerses 23–29The farmer’s varied work shows God’s wise and measured instruction
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1Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of…2Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which…3The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be…4And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of…5In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for…6And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth…7But they also have erred through wine, and through strong…8For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so…9Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make…10For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line…11For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak…12To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye…13But the word of the LORD was unto them precept…14Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men,…15Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with…16Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in…17Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness…18And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your…19From the time that it goeth forth it shall take…20For the bed is shorter than that a man can…21For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim,…22Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be…23Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear…24Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he…25When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he…26For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth…27For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument,…28Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be…29This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, which…