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

¹ Ah! The garland of the pride of the drunkards of Ephraim and [the] withering flower of the glory of his beauty, which [is] at [the] head of {the rich valley}, {ones overcome} with wine! ² Look! The Lord has mighty and strong [one], like a rainstorm of hail, a wind storm of destruction, like a rainstorm of mighty overflowing waters, he will put [them] to the earth with [his] hand. ³ The garland of the pride of the drunkards of Ephraim will be trampled by feet, ⁴ and [the] withering flower of the glory of its beauty which [is] at [the] head of {the rich valley} will be like its early fig before summer, {which the one who sees it swallows} while it [is] still in his hand. ⁵ In that day, Yahweh of hosts will become a garland of glory and a diadem of beauty to the remnant of his people, ⁶ and a spirit of justice to the one who sits over judgment, and strength [to] those who turn back [the] battle [at the] gate.

⁷ And these also stagger because of wine and stagger because of strong drink; priest and prophet stagger because of strong drink; they are confused because of wine. They stagger because of strong drink; they err in vision. They stagger [in the] rendering of a decision, ⁸ for all [the] tables are full [of] disgusting vomit, {with no place left}. ⁹ [To] whom will he teach knowledge, and [to] whom will he explain [the] message? Those who are weaned from milk, [those] taken from [the] breast? ¹⁰ For [it is] blah-blah upon blah-blah, blah-blah upon blah-blah, gah-gah upon gah-gah, gah-gah upon gah-gah, a little here, a little there. ¹¹ For he will speak with {stammering} and another tongue to this people, ¹² to whom he has said, "This [is] rest; give rest to the weary; and this [is] repose"; yet they were not willing to hear.

¹³ And to them the word of Yahweh will be blah-blah upon blah-blah blah-blah upon blah-blah gah-gah upon gah-gah gah-gah upon gah-gah, a little here, a little there, so that they may go and stumble backward and be broken and ensnared and captured.