Isaiah 28:1-13 - Judgment Against The Leaders Of Ephraim

¹ O to the crown of pride, wo to the hirelings of Ephraim! a flower falling away is the glory of his beauty which is upon the head of the valley of fatness of those smitten with wine. ² Behold, a strong and active one to Jehovah, as a storm of hail, a destroying tempest, as a storm of vast waters overflowing, let fall to the earth with the hand. ³ With the feet shall the crown of pride, the hirelings of Ephraim, be trodden down. ⁴ And the flower falling away was the glory of his beauty which is upon the head of the valley of fatness, as the first-fruits before fruit harvest which he looking at it shall see, in its continuing in his hand he will swallow it up. ⁵ In that day shall Jehovah of armies be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, to the remnant of his people. ⁶ And for a spirit of judgment to him sitting upon the judgment, and for strength of them turning back the battle of the storm.

⁷ And these also went astray by wine, and by strong drink they erred; the priest and the prophet went astray by strong drink, they were swallowed up from wine, they erred from strong drink, they went astray in seeing, they wavered in judgment. ⁸ For all tables were full of vomit, of filth without place. ⁹ Whom shall he teach knowledge? whom shall he cause to understand hearing? those weaned from milk and those taken away from the breasts. ¹⁰ For precept to precept, precept to precept; line to line, line to line; a little there, a little there: ¹¹ For with the stammerings of the lip and with another tongue he will speak to this people. ¹² To whom he said to them, This the rest they caused to the weary to rest; and this the quiet: and they would not hear.

¹³ And the word of Jehovah was to them, precept to precept, precept to precept; line to line, line to line; a little there, a little there, so that they shall go and they stumbled backward, and were broken and snared and taken.