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28:1 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 ①fertile valley
Of those who are ②overcome with wine!
▷ ①Lit valley of fatness ②Lit stricken
28:2 Behold, the Lord has a strong and mighty agent;
As a storm of hail, a tempest of destruction,
Like a storm of mighty overflowing waters,
He has thrown it down to the earth with His hand.
28:3 The splendid crown of the habitually drunk of Ephraim is trampled underfoot.
28:4 And the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
Which is at the head of the ①fertile valley,
Will be like the first-ripe fig prior to the summer,
Which ②one sees,
And ③as soon as it is in his ④hand,
He swallows it.
▷ ①Lit valley of fatness ②Lit the one seeing sees ③Lit while it is yet ④Lit palm
28:5 On that day the LORD of armies will become a beautiful crown
And a glorious wreath to the remnant of His people;
28:6 A spirit of justice for him who sits in judgment,
A strength to those who repel the ①onslaught at the gate.
▷ ①Lit battle
28:7 And these also reel with wine and stagger from intoxicating drink:
The priest and the prophet reel with intoxicating drink,
They are confused by wine, they stagger from intoxicating drink;
They reel while ①having visions,
They stagger when rendering a verdict.
▷ ①Lit seeing
28:8 For all the tables are full of filthy vomit, without a single clean place.
28:9 “To whom would He teach knowledge,
And to whom would He interpret the message?
Those just weaned from milk?
Those just taken from the breast?
28:10 For He says,
‘ ①Order on order, order on order,
Line on line, line on line,
A little here, a little there.’ ”
▷ ①Heb Sav lasav, sav lasav, Kav lakav, kav lakav, Zeer sham, zeer sham. These Hebrew fragments, imitating the babbling of a child, mock the prophet’s preaching.
28:11 Indeed, He will speak to this people
Through stammering lips and a foreign tongue,
28:12 He who said to them, “This is the place of quiet, give rest to the weary,”
And, “This is the resting place,” but they would not listen.
28:13 So the word of the LORD to them will be,
“ ①Order on order, order on order,
Line on line, line on line,
A little here, a little there,”
That they may go and stumble backward, be broken, snared, and taken captive.
▷ ①See note v 10. The LORD responds to their scoffing by imitating their mockery, to represent the unintelligible language of a conqueror.
28:14 Therefore, hear the word of the LORD, you scoffers,
Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem,
28:15 Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death,
And with ①Sheol we have made a ②pact.
The ③gushing flood will not reach us when it passes by,
Because we have made falsehood our refuge and we have concealed ourselves with deception.”
▷ ①I.e., the netherworld ②As in some ancient versions; MT seer ③Or overwhelming scourge
28:16 Therefore this is what the Lord ①GOD says:
“Behold, I am laying a stone in Zion, a tested stone,
A precious cornerstone for the foundation, ②firmly placed.
The one who believes in it will not be ③disturbed.
▷ ①Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORD ②Lit well-laid ③Lit in a hurry
28:17 I will make justice the measuring line
And righteousness the level;
Then hail will sweep away the refuge of lies,
And the waters will overflow the secret place.
28:18 Your covenant with death will be ①canceled,
And your pact with Sheol will not stand;
When the ②gushing flood passes through,
Then you will become its trampling ground.
▷ ①Lit covered over ②Or overwhelming scourge
28:19 As often as it passes through, it will ①seize you;
For morning after morning it will pass through, anytime during the day or night,
And it will be ②sheer terror to understand ③what it means.”
▷ ①Lit take ②Lit only ③Lit the report; or the message
28:20 The bed is too short on which to stretch out,
And the blanket is too ①small to wrap oneself in.
▷ ①Lit narrow
28:21 For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim,
He will be stirred up as in the Valley of Gibeon,
To do His task, His ①unusual task,
And to work His work, His ②extraordinary work.
▷ ①Lit task is strange ②Lit work is foreign
28:22 And now do not carry on as scoffers,
Or your shackles will be made stronger;
For I have heard from the Lord ①GOD of armies
Of decisive destruction on all the earth.
▷ ①Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORD
28:23 Listen and hear my voice,
Pay attention and hear my words.
28:24 Does the ①farmer plow ②continually to plant seed?
Does he continually ③turn and break up his ground?
▷ ①Lit plowman ②Lit all day ③Lit open
28:25 Does he not level its surface
And sow dill and scatter cumin
And ①plant wheat in rows,
Barley in its place and rye within its ②area?
▷ ①Lit put ②Lit region
28:26 For his God instructs and teaches him properly.
28:27 For dill is not threshed with a threshing sledge,
Nor is the cartwheel ①driven over cumin;
But dill is beaten out with a rod, and cumin with a club.
▷ ①Lit rolled
28:28 Grain for bread is crushed,
Indeed, he does not continue to thresh it forever.
Because the wheel of his cart and his horses eventually ①damage it,
He does not thresh it longer.
▷ ①Lit discomfit
28:29 This also comes from the LORD of armies,
Who has made His counsel wonderful and His wisdom great.
And to the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
Which is at the head of the ①fertile valley
Of those who are ②overcome with wine!
▷ ①Lit valley of fatness ②Lit stricken
28:2 Behold, the Lord has a strong and mighty agent;
As a storm of hail, a tempest of destruction,
Like a storm of mighty overflowing waters,
He has thrown it down to the earth with His hand.
28:3 The splendid crown of the habitually drunk of Ephraim is trampled underfoot.
28:4 And the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
Which is at the head of the ①fertile valley,
Will be like the first-ripe fig prior to the summer,
Which ②one sees,
And ③as soon as it is in his ④hand,
He swallows it.
▷ ①Lit valley of fatness ②Lit the one seeing sees ③Lit while it is yet ④Lit palm
28:5 On that day the LORD of armies will become a beautiful crown
And a glorious wreath to the remnant of His people;
28:6 A spirit of justice for him who sits in judgment,
A strength to those who repel the ①onslaught at the gate.
▷ ①Lit battle
28:7 And these also reel with wine and stagger from intoxicating drink:
The priest and the prophet reel with intoxicating drink,
They are confused by wine, they stagger from intoxicating drink;
They reel while ①having visions,
They stagger when rendering a verdict.
▷ ①Lit seeing
28:8 For all the tables are full of filthy vomit, without a single clean place.
28:9 “To whom would He teach knowledge,
And to whom would He interpret the message?
Those just weaned from milk?
Those just taken from the breast?
28:10 For He says,
‘ ①Order on order, order on order,
Line on line, line on line,
A little here, a little there.’ ”
▷ ①Heb Sav lasav, sav lasav, Kav lakav, kav lakav, Zeer sham, zeer sham. These Hebrew fragments, imitating the babbling of a child, mock the prophet’s preaching.
28:11 Indeed, He will speak to this people
Through stammering lips and a foreign tongue,
28:12 He who said to them, “This is the place of quiet, give rest to the weary,”
And, “This is the resting place,” but they would not listen.
28:13 So the word of the LORD to them will be,
“ ①Order on order, order on order,
Line on line, line on line,
A little here, a little there,”
That they may go and stumble backward, be broken, snared, and taken captive.
▷ ①See note v 10. The LORD responds to their scoffing by imitating their mockery, to represent the unintelligible language of a conqueror.
28:14 Therefore, hear the word of the LORD, you scoffers,
Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem,
28:15 Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death,
And with ①Sheol we have made a ②pact.
The ③gushing flood will not reach us when it passes by,
Because we have made falsehood our refuge and we have concealed ourselves with deception.”
▷ ①I.e., the netherworld ②As in some ancient versions; MT seer ③Or overwhelming scourge
28:16 Therefore this is what the Lord ①GOD says:
“Behold, I am laying a stone in Zion, a tested stone,
A precious cornerstone for the foundation, ②firmly placed.
The one who believes in it will not be ③disturbed.
▷ ①Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORD ②Lit well-laid ③Lit in a hurry
28:17 I will make justice the measuring line
And righteousness the level;
Then hail will sweep away the refuge of lies,
And the waters will overflow the secret place.
28:18 Your covenant with death will be ①canceled,
And your pact with Sheol will not stand;
When the ②gushing flood passes through,
Then you will become its trampling ground.
▷ ①Lit covered over ②Or overwhelming scourge
28:19 As often as it passes through, it will ①seize you;
For morning after morning it will pass through, anytime during the day or night,
And it will be ②sheer terror to understand ③what it means.”
▷ ①Lit take ②Lit only ③Lit the report; or the message
28:20 The bed is too short on which to stretch out,
And the blanket is too ①small to wrap oneself in.
▷ ①Lit narrow
28:21 For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim,
He will be stirred up as in the Valley of Gibeon,
To do His task, His ①unusual task,
And to work His work, His ②extraordinary work.
▷ ①Lit task is strange ②Lit work is foreign
28:22 And now do not carry on as scoffers,
Or your shackles will be made stronger;
For I have heard from the Lord ①GOD of armies
Of decisive destruction on all the earth.
▷ ①Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORD
28:23 Listen and hear my voice,
Pay attention and hear my words.
28:24 Does the ①farmer plow ②continually to plant seed?
Does he continually ③turn and break up his ground?
▷ ①Lit plowman ②Lit all day ③Lit open
28:25 Does he not level its surface
And sow dill and scatter cumin
And ①plant wheat in rows,
Barley in its place and rye within its ②area?
▷ ①Lit put ②Lit region
28:26 For his God instructs and teaches him properly.
28:27 For dill is not threshed with a threshing sledge,
Nor is the cartwheel ①driven over cumin;
But dill is beaten out with a rod, and cumin with a club.
▷ ①Lit rolled
28:28 Grain for bread is crushed,
Indeed, he does not continue to thresh it forever.
Because the wheel of his cart and his horses eventually ①damage it,
He does not thresh it longer.
▷ ①Lit discomfit
28:29 This also comes from the LORD of armies,
Who has made His counsel wonderful and His wisdom great.