Isa 28:1-4, 47:7-8, Jer 9:23, Rev 18:7 | ESV | STEP | Ah , the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim , and the fading flower of its glorious beauty , which is on the head of the rich valley of those overcome with wine !

h[See ver. 7 above]

i Zeph. 2:15

j[ch. 45:6, 18; Jer. 50:29]

k Lam. 1:1; [Rev. 18:7]

l Prov. 3:5; 21:30; Eccles. 9:11

m[Ezek. 28:2-8]

n Isa. 47:7, 8; Zeph. 2:15; [ch. 3:17]

Isaiah 28:1-4

Judgment on Ephraim and Jerusalem

1 Ah, the proud crown of ^athe drunkards of Ephraim,
and the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
which is on the head of the rich valley of those overcome with wine!
2 Behold, the Lord has ^bone who is mighty and strong;
like a storm of hail, a destroying tempest,
like ^ca storm of mighty, overflowing waters,
he casts down to the earth with his hand.
3 ^dThe proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim
will be trodden underfoot;
4 ^eand the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
which is on the head of the rich valley,
will be like ^fa first-ripe fig before the summer:
when someone sees it, he swallows it
as soon as it is in his hand.

Isaiah 47:7-8

7 You said, “I shall be ^gmistress forever,”
so that you did not lay these things to heart
or remember their end.
8 Now therefore hear this, ^hyou lover of pleasures,
ⁱwho sit securely,
who say in your heart,
^j“I am, and there is no one besides me;
^kI shall not sit as a widow
or know the loss of children”:

Jeremiah 9:23

23 Thus says the Lord: ^l“Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches,

Revelation of John 18:7

7 ^mAs she glorified herself and lived in luxury,
so give her a like measure of torment and mourning,
since in her heart she says,
ⁿ‘I sit as a queen,
I am no widow,
and mourning I shall never see.’