Isaiah 28:1

Isaiah 28:1

Woe to Ephraim and Jerusalem

1 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim,
Whose glorious beauty is a fading flower
Which is at the head of the¹ verdant valleys,
To those who are overcome with wine!

2 Behold, the Lord has a mighty and strong one,
^aLike a tempest of hail and a destroying storm,
Like a flood of mighty waters overflowing,
Who will bring them down to the earth with His hand.

3 The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim,
Will be trampled underfoot;

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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crown of pride—Hebrew for "proud crown of the drunkards," etc. [HORSLEY], namely, Samaria, the capital of Ephraim, or Israel. "Drunkards," literally (Isaiah 28:7-8; Isaiah 5:11, Isaiah 5:22; Amos 4:1; Amos 6:1-6) and metaphorically, like drunkards, rushing on to their own destruction.

beauty . . . flower—"whose glorious beauty or ornament is a fading flower." Carrying on the image of "drunkards"; it was the custom at feasts to wreathe the brow with flowers; so Samaria, "which is (not as English Version, 'which are') upon the head of the fertile valley," that is, situated on a hill surrounded with the rich valleys as a garland (I Kings 16:24); but the garland is "fading," as garlands often do, because Ephraim is now close to ruin (compare Isaiah 16:8); fulfilled 721 BC (II Kings 17:6, II Kings 17:24).

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