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Isaiah 28
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28Woe to that wreath, the pride of Ephraim's drunkards, to the fading flower, his glorious beauty, set on the head of a fertile valley—to that city, the pride of those laid low by wine!H1945H5850H1348H7910H669H6643H8597H5034H6731H7218H8081H1516H1986H3196 2See, the Lord has one who is powerful and strong. Like a hailstorm and a destructive wind, like a driving rain and a flooding downpour, he will throw it forcefully to the ground.H136H2389H533H2230H1259H6986H8178H2230H3524H4325H7857H3240H776H3027 3That wreath, the pride of Ephraim's drunkards, will be trampled underfoot.H5850H1348H7910H669H7429H7272 4That fading flower, his glorious beauty, set on the head of a fertile valley, will be like figs ripe before harvest—as soon as people see them and take them in hand, they swallow them.H6643H8597H7218H8081H1516H5034H6733H1061H7019H7200H7200H3709H1104 5In that day the LORD Almighty will be a glorious crown, a beautiful wreath for the remnant of his people.H3117H3068H6635H5850H6643H6843H8597H7605H5971 6He will be a spirit of justice to those who sit in judgment, a source of strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.H7307H4941H3427H4941H1369H7725H4421H8179 7And these also stagger from wine and reel from beer: Priests and prophets stagger from beer and are befuddled with wine; they reel from beer, they stagger when seeing visions, they stumble when rendering decisions.H428H7686H3196H7941H8582H3548H5030H7686H7941H1104H4480H3196H8582H7941H7686H7203H6328H6417 8All the tables are covered with vomit and there is not a spot without filth.H7979H4390H6892H6675H4725 9"Who is it he is trying to teach? To whom is he explaining his message? To children weaned from their milk, to those just taken from the breast?H3384H1844H995H8052H1580H2461H6267H7699 10For it is: Do this, do that, a rule for this, a rule for that ; a little here, a little there."H6673H6673H6673H6673H6957H6957H6957H6957H2191H2191 11Very well then, with foreign lips and strange tongues God will speak to this people,H3934H8193H312H3956H1696H5971 12to whom he said, "This is the resting place, let the weary rest"; and, "This is the place of repose"—but they would not listen.H559H4496H5889H5117H4774H14H8085 13So then, the word of the LORD to them will become: Do this, do that, a rule for this, a rule for that; a little here, a little there—so that as they go they will fall backward; they will be injured and snared and captured.H1697H3068H6673H6673H6673H6673H6957H6957H6957H6957H2191H2191H3212H3782H268H7665H3369H3920 14Therefore hear the word of the LORD, you scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.H8085H1697H3068H3944H582H4910H5971H3389 15You boast, "We have entered into a covenant with death, with the realm of the dead we have made an agreement. When an overwhelming scourge sweeps by, it cannot touch us, for we have made a lie our refuge and falsehood our hiding place."H559H3772H1285H4194H7585H6213H2374H7857H7752H7885H5674H5674H935H7760H3577H4268H8267H5641 16So this is what the Sovereign LORD says: "See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation; the one who relies on it will never be stricken with panic.H559H136H3069H3245H6726H68H976H68H3368H6438H3245H4143H539H2363 17I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the plumb line; hail will sweep away your refuge, the lie, and water will overflow your hiding place.H4941H7760H6957H6666H4949H1259H3261H4268H3577H4325H7857H5643 18Your covenant with death will be annulled; your agreement with the realm of the dead will not stand. When the overwhelming scourge sweeps by, you will be beaten down by it.H1285H4194H3722H2380H7585H6965H7857H7752H5674H4823 19As often as it comes it will carry you away; morning after morning, by day and by night, it will sweep through." The understanding of this message will bring sheer terror.H1767H5674H3947H1242H1242H5674H3117H3915H2113H995H8052 20The bed is too short to stretch out on, the blanket too narrow to wrap around you.H4702H7114H8311H4541H6887H3664 21The LORD will rise up as he did at Mount Perazim, he will rouse himself as in the Valley of Gibeon—to do his work, his strange work, and perform his task, his alien task.H3068H6965H2022H6559H7264H6010H1391H6213H4639H2114H4639H5647H5656H5237H5656 22Now stop your mocking, or your chains will become heavier; the Lord, the LORD Almighty, has told me of the destruction decreed against the whole land.H3887H4147H2388H8085H136H3069H6635H3617H2782H776 23Listen and hear my voice; pay attention and hear what I say.H238H8085H6963H7181H8085H565 24When farmers plow for planting, do they plow continually? Do they keep on breaking up and working the soil?H2790H2790H3117H2232H6605H7702H127 25When they have leveled the surface, do they not sow caraway and scatter cumin? Do they not plant wheat in its place, barley in its plot, and spelt in its field?H7737H6440H6327H7100H2236H3646H7760H7795H2406H5567H8184H3698H1367 26Their God instructs them and teaches them the right way.H430H3256H4941H3384 27Caraway is not threshed with a sledge, nor is a cartwheel rolled over cumin; caraway is beaten out with a rod, and cumin with a stick.H7100H1758H2742H5699H212H5437H3646H7100H2251H4294H3646H7626 28Grain must be ground to make bread; so one does not go on threshing it forever. The wheels of a threshing cart may be rolled over it, but one does not use horses to grind grain.H3899H1854H5331H156H1758H2000H1536H5699H1854H6571 29All this also comes from the LORD Almighty, whose plan is wonderful, whose wisdom is magnificent.H3318H3068H6635H6381H6098H1431H8454


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