Woe to Ephraim and Jerusalem
Whose glorious beauty is a fading flower
Which is at the head of the1 verdant valleys,
To those who are overcome with wine!
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.
Which is at the head of the1 verdant valley,
Like the first fruit before the summer,
Which an observer sees;
He eats it up while it is still in his hand.
For a crown of glory and a diadem of beauty
To the remnant of His people,
And for strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.
And through intoxicating drink are out of the way;
bThe priest and the prophet have erred through intoxicating drink,
They are swallowed up by wine,
They are out of the way through intoxicating drink;
They err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
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Isaiah 28:1
(Isa. 28:1-29)
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).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 28:1:
Isaiah 28:2
Isaiah 28:4
Isaiah 28:5-13
Isaiah 28:15
Hosea 4:11
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