Isaiah 28:2
New American Standard Bible
2 Behold, the Lord has a strong and (A)mighty agent;
As a storm of (B)hail, a tempest of destruction,
Like a storm of (C)mighty overflowing waters,
He has thrown it down to the earth with His hand.
Isaiah 28:2
New International Version
Isaiah 28:17-29
New American Standard Bible
17 I will make (A)justice the measuring line
And righteousness the level;
Then (B)hail will sweep away the refuge of lies,
And the waters will overflow the secret place.
18 Your (C)covenant with death will be [a](D)canceled,
And your pact with Sheol will not stand;
When the (E)[b]gushing flood passes through,
Then you will become its (F)trampling ground.
19 As (G)often as it passes through, it will [c]seize you;
For (H)morning after morning it will pass through, anytime during the day or night,
And it will be [d]sheer (I)terror to understand [e]what it means.”
20 The bed is too short on which to stretch out,
And the (J)blanket is too [f]small to wrap oneself in.
21 For the Lord will rise up as at Mount (K)Perazim,
He will be stirred up as in the Valley of (L)Gibeon,
To do His (M)task, His [g](N)unusual task,
And to work His work, His [h]extraordinary work.
22 And now do not carry on as (O)scoffers,
Or your shackles will be made stronger;
For I have heard from the Lord [i]God of armies
Of decisive (P)destruction on all the earth.
23 Listen and hear my voice,
Pay attention and hear my words.
24 Does the [j]farmer plow [k]continually to plant seed?
Does he continually [l]turn and break up his ground?
25 Does he not level its surface
And sow dill and scatter (Q)cumin
And [m]plant (R)wheat in rows,
Barley in its place and rye within its [n]area?
26 For his God instructs and teaches him properly.
27 For dill is not threshed with a (S)threshing sledge,
Nor is the cartwheel [o]driven over cumin;
But dill is beaten out with a rod, and cumin with a club.
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 [p]damage it,
He does not thresh it longer.
29 This also comes from the Lord of armies,
Who has made His counsel (T)wonderful and His wisdom (U)great.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 28:18 Lit covered over
- Isaiah 28:18 Or overwhelming scourge
- Isaiah 28:19 Lit take
- Isaiah 28:19 Lit only
- Isaiah 28:19 Lit the report; or the message
- Isaiah 28:20 Lit narrow
- Isaiah 28:21 Lit task is strange
- Isaiah 28:21 Lit work is foreign
- Isaiah 28:22 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Isaiah 28:24 Lit plowman
- Isaiah 28:24 Lit all day
- Isaiah 28:24 Lit open
- Isaiah 28:25 Lit put
- Isaiah 28:25 Lit region
- Isaiah 28:27 Lit rolled
- Isaiah 28:28 Lit discomfit
Isaiah 28:17-29
New International Version
17 I will make justice(A) the measuring line
and righteousness the plumb line;(B)
hail(C) will sweep away your refuge, the lie,
and water will overflow(D) your hiding place.
18 Your covenant with death will be annulled;
your agreement with the realm of the dead will not stand.(E)
When the overwhelming scourge sweeps by,(F)
you will be beaten down(G) by it.
19 As often as it comes it will carry you away;(H)
morning after morning,(I) by day and by night,
it will sweep through.”
The understanding of this message
will bring sheer terror.(J)
20 The bed is too short to stretch out on,
the blanket too narrow to wrap around you.(K)
21 The Lord will rise up as he did at Mount Perazim,(L)
he will rouse himself as in the Valley of Gibeon(M)—
to do his work,(N) his strange work,
and perform his task, his alien task.
22 Now stop your mocking,(O)
or your chains will become heavier;
the Lord, the Lord Almighty, has told me
of the destruction decreed(P) against the whole land.(Q)
23 Listen(R) and hear my voice;
pay attention and hear what I say.
24 When a farmer plows for planting,(S) does he plow continually?
Does he keep on breaking up and working the soil?
25 When he has leveled the surface,
does he not sow caraway and scatter cumin?(T)
Does he not plant wheat in its place,[a]
barley(U) in its plot,[b]
and spelt(V) in its field?
26 His God instructs him
and teaches(W) him the right way.
27 Caraway is not threshed(X) with a sledge,(Y)
nor is the wheel of a cart rolled over cumin;
caraway is beaten out with a rod,(Z)
and cumin with a stick.
28 Grain must be ground to make bread;
so one does not go on threshing it forever.
The wheels of a threshing cart(AA) may be rolled over it,
but one does not use horses to grind grain.
29 All this also comes from the Lord Almighty,
whose plan is wonderful,(AB)
whose wisdom is magnificent.(AC)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 28:25 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
- Isaiah 28:25 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
Amos 8:8
New American Standard Bible
8 Because of this will the land not (A)quake,
And everyone who lives in it (B)mourn?
Indeed, all of it will (C)rise up like the Nile,
And it will be tossed about
And subside like the Nile of Egypt.
Amos 8:8
New International Version
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