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The majestic garland of Ephraim’s drunks
    will be trampled underfoot.
    The withered flower, which is a thing of beauty[a]
        as it sits on the head of those bloated with fat,[b]
        will be like an early fig before the summer harvest:
    whoever sees it swallows it as soon as it is in hand.

On that day, the Lord of heavenly forces will be a splendid garland and a beautiful wreath for the people who survive,

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 28:4 Heb uncertain
  2. Isaiah 28:4 Or at the head of the fat valley

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