Isa 28:1-4 | NASB2020 | STEP | Woe to the proud crown of the habitually drunk of Ephraim , And to the fading flower of its glorious beauty , Which is at the head of the fertile valley Of those who are overcome with wine !

Isaiah 28:1-4

Ephraim’s Captivity Predicted

1 Woe to the proud crown of the ^ahabitually drunk of ^bEphraim,
And to the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
Which is at the head of the ^{▼▼Lit valley of fatness}fertile valley
Of those who are ^{▼▼Lit stricken}overcome with wine!
2 Behold, the Lord has a strong and ^emighty agent;
As a storm of ^fhail, a tempest of destruction,
Like a storm of ^gmighty overflowing waters,
He has thrown it down to the earth with His hand.
3 The splendid crown of the habitually drunk of Ephraim is ^htrampled underfoot.
4 And the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
Which is at the head of the ^{▼▼Lit valley of fatness}fertile valley,
Will be like the ^jfirst-ripe fig prior to the summer,
Which ^{▼▼Lit the one seeing sees}one sees,
And ^{▼▼Lit while it is yet}as soon as it is in his ^{▼▼Lit palm}hand,
He swallows it.