Thematic Bible
Isaiah 28:1 (show verse)
and to the fading flower of its beautiful splendor,
which is on the summit above the rich valley.
Woe to those overcome with wine.
Isaiah 28:2 (show verse)
like a devastating hail storm,
like a storm with strong flooding waters.
He will bring it across the land with His hand.
Isaiah 28:3 (show verse)
will be trampled underfoot.
Isaiah 28:4 (show verse)
which is on the summit above the rich valley,
will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest.
Whoever sees it will swallow it
while it is still in his hand.
Isaiah 28:5 (show verse)
the Lord of Hosts will become a crown of beauty
and a diadem of splendor
to the remnant of His people,
Isaiah 28:6 (show verse)
to the one who sits in judgment,
and strength
to those who turn back the battle at the gate.
Isaiah 28:7 (show verse)
and stumble under the influence of beer:
priest and prophet stagger because of beer,
they are confused by wine.
They stumble because of beer,
they are muddled in their visions,
they stumble in their judgments.
Isaiah 28:8 (show verse)
there is no place without a stench.
Isaiah 28:9 (show verse)
Who is he
Infants
Babies
Isaiah 28:10 (show verse)
line after line, line after line,
a little here, a little there.”
Isaiah 28:11 (show verse)
with stammering speech
and in a foreign language.
Isaiah 28:12 (show verse)
“This is the place of rest,
let the weary rest;
this is the place of repose.”
But they would not listen.
Isaiah 28:13 (show verse)
“Law after law, law after law,
line after line, line after line,
a little here, a little there,”
so they go stumbling backward,
to be broken, trapped, and captured.
Isaiah 28:14 (show verse)
who rule this people in Jerusalem.
Isaiah 28:15 (show verse)
and we have made an agreement with Sheol;
when the overwhelming scourge passes through,
it will not touch us,
because we have made falsehood our refuge
and have hidden behind treachery.”
Isaiah 28:16 (show verse)
“Look, I have laid a stone
a tested stone,
a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation;
the one who believes will be unshakable.
Isaiah 28:17 (show verse)
and righteousness the mason’s level.”
Hail will sweep away the false refuge,
and water will flood your hiding place.
Isaiah 28:18 (show verse)
and your agreement with Sheol will not last.
When the overwhelming scourge passes through,
you will be trampled.
Isaiah 28:19 (show verse)
it will carry you away;
it will pass through every morning—
every day and every night.
Only terror
to understand the message.
Isaiah 28:20 (show verse)
and its cover too small to wrap up in.
Isaiah 28:21 (show verse)
He will rise in wrath, as at the Valley of Gibeon,
to do His work, His strange work,
and to perform His task, His disturbing task.
Isaiah 28:22 (show verse)
or your shackles will become stronger.
Indeed, I have heard from the Lord God of Hosts
a decree of destruction for the whole land.
Isaiah 28:23 (show verse)
Pay attention and hear what I say.
Isaiah 28:24 (show verse)
Does he continuously break up and cultivate the soil?
Isaiah 28:25 (show verse)
does he not then scatter black cumin and sow cumin?
He plants wheat in rows and barley in plots,
with spelt as their border.
Isaiah 28:26 (show verse)
He instructs him.
Isaiah 28:27 (show verse)
with a threshing board,
and a cart wheel is not rolled over the cumin.
But black cumin is beaten out with a stick,
and cumin with a rod.
Isaiah 28:28 (show verse)
but is not threshed endlessly.
Though the wheel of the farmer’s cart rumbles,
his horses do not crush it.
Isaiah 28:29 (show verse)
He gives wonderful advice;
He gives great wisdom.