Isaiah 28
The prophet threateneth Ephraim for thier pride and drunkenness.
Isaiah 28:1 {not in Tyndale; KJV:} Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty [is] a fading flower, which [are] on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine! Isaiah 28:2 {not in Tyndale; KJV:} Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, [which] as a tempest of hail [and] a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand. Isaiah 28:3 {not in Tyndale; KJV:} The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet: Isaiah 28:4 {not in Tyndale; KJV:} And the glorious beauty, which [is] on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, [and] as the hasty fruit before the summer; which [when] he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.
The residue shall be advanced in the Kingdom of Christ.
Isaiah 28:5 {not in Tyndale; KJV:} In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people, Isaiah 28:6 {not in Tyndale; KJV:} And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.
He rebuketh their error.
Isaiah 28:7 {not in Tyndale; KJV:} But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble [in] judgment. Isaiah 28:8 {not in Tyndale; KJV:} For all tables are full of vomit [and] filthiness, [so that there is] no place [clean].
Their untowardness to learn,
Isaiah 28:9 {not in Tyndale; KJV:} Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? [them that are] weaned from the milk, [and] drawn from the breasts. Isaiah 28:10 {not in Tyndale; KJV:} For precept [must be] upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, [and] there a little: Isaiah 28:11 {not in Tyndale; KJV:} For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. Isaiah 28:12 {not in Tyndale; KJV:} To whom he said, This [is] the rest [wherewith] ye may cause the weary to rest; and this [is] the refreshing: yet they would not hear. Isaiah 28:13 {not in Tyndale; KJV:} But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, [and] there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
and their security.
Isaiah 28:14 {not in Tyndale; KJV:} Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which [is] in Jerusalem. Isaiah 28:15 {not in Tyndale; KJV:} Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
Christ the sure foundation is promised.
Isaiah 28:16 {not in Tyndale; KJV:} Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner [stone], a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste. Isaiah 28:17 {not in Tyndale; KJV:} Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
Their security shall be tried.
Isaiah 28:18 {not in Tyndale; KJV:} And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it. Isaiah 28:19 {not in Tyndale; KJV:} From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only [to] understand the report. Isaiah 28:20 {not in Tyndale; KJV:} For the bed is shorter than that [a man] can stretch himself [on it]: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself [in it]. Isaiah 28:21 {not in Tyndale; KJV:} For the LORD shall rise up as [in] mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as [in] the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act. Isaiah 28:22 {not in Tyndale; KJV:} Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.
They are incited to the consideration of God's discreet providence.
Isaiah 28:23 {not in Tyndale; KJV:} Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech. Isaiah 28:24 {not in Tyndale; KJV:} Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground? Isaiah 28:25 {not in Tyndale; KJV:} When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rye in their place? Isaiah 28:26 {not in Tyndale; KJV:} For his God doth instruct him to discretion, [and] doth teach him. Isaiah 28:27 {not in Tyndale; KJV:} For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod. Isaiah 28:28 {not in Tyndale; KJV:} Bread [corn] is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break [it with] the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it [with] his horsemen. Isaiah 28:29 {not in Tyndale; KJV:} This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, [which] is wonderful in counsel, [and] excellent in working.
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