Isaiah 28  Legacy Standard Bible

28 Woe to the proud crown of the ^(A)drunkards of ^(B)Ephraim,
And to the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
Which is at the head of the ^[a]fertile valley
Of those who are ^[b]overcome with wine!
² Behold, the Lord has a strong and ^(C)courageous agent;
As a storm of ^(D)hail, a tempest of destruction,
Like a storm of ^(E)mighty overflowing waters,
He has set it down to the earth with His hand.
³ The proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim is ^(F)trodden under foot.
⁴ And the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
Which is at the head of the ^[c]fertile valley,
Will be like the ^(G)first-ripe fig prior to summer,
Which ^[d]one sees,
And ^[e]as soon as it is in his ^[f]hand,
He swallows it.
⁵ In that day ^(H)Yahweh of hosts will become a beautiful ^(I)crown
And a glorious diadem to the remnant of His people;
⁶ A ^(J)spirit of just judgment for him who sits in judgment,
A ^(K)might to those who turn back the ^[g]onslaught at the gate.
⁷ And these also ^(L)reel with wine and stagger from strong drink:
^(M)The priest and ^(N)the prophet reel with strong drink;
They are swallowed up by wine, they stagger from ^(O)strong drink;
They reel while ^[h]having ^(P)visions;
They totter when rendering a verdict.
⁸ For all the tables are full of filthy ^(Q)vomit, without a single clean place.

¹⁴ Therefore, ^(X)hear the word of Yahweh, O ^(Y)scoffers,
Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem,
¹⁵ Because you have said, “We have cut a ^(Z)covenant with death,
And with Sheol we have made a ^[k]pact.
^(AA)The overflowing ^[l]scourge will not reach us when it passes by,
For we have made ^(AB)falsehood our refuge and we have ^(AC)hidden ourselves with lying.”

“^(AD)Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a tested ^(AE)stone,
A costly cornerstone for the foundation, ^[m]firmly placed.
He who believes in it will not be ^[n]disturbed.
¹⁷ I will make ^(AF)justice the measuring line
And righteousness the level;
Then ^(AG)hail will sweep away the refuge of falsehood,
And the waters will overflow the secret place.
¹⁸ Your ^(AH)covenant with death will be ^[o](AI)canceled,
And your pact with Sheol will not stand;
When the ^(AJ)overflowing scourge passes through,
Then you will become its ^(AK)trampling place.
¹⁹ As ^(AL)often as it passes through, it will take you;
For ^(AM)morning after morning it will pass through, anytime during the day or night,
And it will be ^[p]sheer ^(AN)terror to understand the report.”
²⁰ The bed is too short on which to stretch out,
And the ^(AO)blanket is too narrow to wrap oneself in.
²¹ For Yahweh will rise up as at Mount ^(AP)Perazim;
He will be stirred up as in the valley of ^(AQ)Gibeon,
To work His ^(AR)work, His ^[q](AS)unusual work,
And to labor in His labor, His ^[r]exceptional labor.
²² So now do not carry on as ^(AT)scoffers,
Lest your fetters be made stronger;
For I have heard from Lord Yahweh of hosts
Of complete ^(AU)destruction, one that is decreed, on all the earth.