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ULT ISA Chapter 28

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28 Woe, proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim,

and the fading flower of its glorious splendor,

which is on the head of the lush valley of those overcome with wine!

2 Behold, one mighty and strong for my Lord.

Like a storm of hail, a destructive windstorm,

like a storm of mighty overflowing waters;

he brings down to the ground with his hand.

3 The proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim

will be trodden by feet.

4 And the fading flower of his glorious splendor

which is on the head of the lush valley,

will be as the firstfruits before the summer,

that when an onlooker sees it,

while it is yet in his palm, he swallows it.

5 On that day Yahweh of hosts will become

a crown of splendor and a diadem of beauty for the remainder of his people,

6 and a spirit of justice for him who sits in judgment,

and for strength of those who turn back war at the gates.

7 But even these reel with wine

and stagger with strong drink.

The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink,

and they are swallowed up by wine.

They stagger with strong drink,

staggering in vision,

reeling in decision.

8 For, all tables are covered with vomit of excrement,

without a clean place.

9 To whom will he teach knowledge,

and to whom will he explain the message?

Those weaned from milk,

those taken from the breasts?

10 For it is precept upon precept,

precept upon precept,

line upon line,

here a little, there a little.

11 Indeed, with mocking lips and a strange tongue

he will speak to this people,

12 to which he said,

“This is the rest—leave it for the weary.”

And “this is the refreshing”—

but they were not willing to listen.

13 So the word of Yahweh will be to them

precept upon precept,

line upon line,

here a little, there a little.

so that they may go and fall backward,

and be broken and ensnared and captured.

14 Therefore, hear the word of Yahweh,

men of mocking,

rulers of this people,

who are in Jerusalem.

15 For you have said, “We have cut a covenant with death,

and with Sheol we have made an agreement.

The cascading whip, when it passes through,

it will not come to us.

For we have made falsehood our refuge,

and in lies we shelter.”

16 Therefore, thus says the Lord Yahweh:

See, I shall lay in Zion a stone, a tried stone,

a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation.

He who believes

will not be ashamed.

17 And I shall make justice the measuring stick,

and righteousness the plumbline.

And hail will sweep away the refuge of falsehood,

and the waters will drown the hiding place.

18 And your covenant with death will be dissolved,

and your agreement with Sheol will not stand.

The cascading whip that passes through,

you will be overwhelmed by it.

19 When it passes through, it will take you,

for it will pass through morning by morning, by day and night,

and to understand the message

will be only terror.

20 For the bed is too short to stretch out on,

and the blanket too narrow to wrap oneself.

21 Yahweh will rise up as on Mount Perazim;

he will rouse himself as in the Valley of Gibeon

to do his work, his strange work,

and to perform his deed, his strange deed.

22 And now, do not mock,

lest your bonds be tightened.

For I have heard: destruction is decreed

from the Lord Yahweh of hosts

over all the earth.

23 Give ear and hear my voice;

listen closely and hear my words.

24 Does a farmer plows all day to sow?

Does he break up and harrow the ground?

25 Does he not level its face,

and scatter fennel, and sow the cumin,

and put the wheat in rows,

and the barley in plots,

and the spelt at its border?

26 And His God instructs him;

he teaches him wisely.

27 For fennel is not threshed with a threshing board,

nor is the wheel of a cart rolled over cumin;

but fennel is beaten with a stick,

and cumin with a rod.

28 For bread it must be ground,

so the thresher does not thresh it forever,

and he runs it over with the wheels of his cart

but his horses do not crush it.

29 This too comes from Yahweh of hosts,

wonderful in counsel, his wisdom great.