Isa 28 | EngLXX | STEP | Woe to the crown of pride, the hirelings of Ephraim, the flower that has fallen from theglory of the top of the fertile mountain, they that are drunken without wine.

Isaiah 28

1 Woe to the crown of pride, the hirelings of Ephraim, the flower that has fallen from theglory of the top of the fertile mountain, they that are drunken without wine. 2 Behold, the anger of the Lord is strong and severe, as descending hail where there isno shelter, violently descending; as a great body of water sweeping away the soil, he shall make restfor the land. 3 The crown of pride, the hirelings of Ephraim, shall be beaten down with the hands andwith the feet. 4 And the fading flower of the glorious hope on the top of the high mountain shall be asthe early fig; he that sees it, before he takes it into his hand, will desire to swallow it down. 5 In that day the Lord of hosts shall be the crown of hope, the wovencrown of glory, to the remnant of the people. 6 They shall be left in the spirit of judgment for judgment, and for the strength of themthat hinder slaying. 7 For these have trespassed through wine; they have erred through strong drink: the priestand the prophet are mad through strong drink, they are swallowed up by reason of wine, they have staggeredthrough drunkenness; they have erred: this istheir vision. 8 A curse shall devour this counsel, for thisis their counsel for the sake of covetousness. 9 To whom have we reported evils? and to whom have we reported a message?even to those that are weaned from the milk, who are drawn from the breast. 10 Expect you affliction on affliction, hope upon hope: yet a little,and yet a little, 11 by reason of the contemptuouswords of the lips, by means of another language: for they shall speak to this people, sayingto them, 12 This is the rest to him that is hungry, and this is the calamity: but they would nothear. 13 Therefore the oracle of God shall be to them affliction on affliction, hope on hope,yet a little,and yet a little, that they may go and fall backward; and they shall be crushed and shall bein danger, and shall be taken. 14 Therefore hear you⌃ the word of the Lord, you⌃ afflicted men, and you⌃ princes of thispeople that is in Jerusalem. 15 Because you⌃ have said, We have made a covenant with Hades, and agreements with death;if the rushing storm should pass, it shall not come upon us: we have made falsehood our hope, and by falsehoodshall we be protected: 16 Therefore thus says the Lord,even the Lord, Behold, I lay for the foundations of Sion a costly stone, a choice, a corner-stone,a preciousstone, for its foundations; and he that believeson him shall by no means be ashamed. 17 And I will cause judgmentto be for hope, and my compassion shall be forjust measures, and you⌃ that trust vainly in falsehoodshall fall: for the storm shall by no means pass by you, 18 except it also take away your covenant of death, and your trust in Hades shall by nomeans stand: if the rushing storm should come upon you, you⌃ shall be beaten down by it. 19 Whenever it shall pass by, it shall take you; morning by morning it shall pass by inthe day, and in the night there shall be an evil hope. Learn to hear, 20 you⌃ that are distressed; we can’t fight, but we are ourselves too weak for you to begathered. 21 The Lord shall rise up as a mountain of ungodlymen, and shall be in the valley of Gabaon; he shall perform his works with wrath,even a work of bitterness, and his wrath shall deal strangely, and his destruction shall bestrange. 22 Therefore do not you⌃ rejoice, neither let your bands be made strong; for I have heardof works finished and cut short by the Lord of hosts, which he will execute upon all the earth. 23 Hearken, and hear my voice; attend, and hear my words. 24 Will the plowman plow all the day? or will he prepare the seed beforehand, before hetills the ground? 25 Does he not, when he has levelled the surface thereof, then sow the small black poppy,or cumin, and afterward sow wheat, and barley, and millet, and bread-corn in your borders? 26 So you shall be chastened by the judgment of your God, and shall rejoice. 27 For the black poppy is not cleansed with harsh treatment, nor will a wagon-wheel passover the cumin; but the black poppy is threshed with a rod, and the cumin shall be eaten with bread; 28 for I will not be angry with you for ever, neither shall the voice of my anger crushyou. 29 And these signs came forth from the Lord of hosts. Take counsel, exalt vain comfort.