Isaiah 28:1

Translations

Modern

Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the fading flower of his glorious splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, the pride of those overcome by wine.

Traditional

Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!

Literal

Woe, to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, and the withering flower, the beauty of his glory, which is at the head of the valley of fatness, those having been struck down by wine!

Latin

Væ coronæ superbiæ, ebriis Ephraim, et flori decidenti, gloriæ exsultationis ejus, qui erant in vertice vallis pinguissimæ, errantes a vino.

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English

Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the fading flower of his glorious splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, the pride of those overcome by wine.

Notes

Isaiah 28:1

The drunkards of Israel showed pride, spiritual laziness, and disrespect for God and his commands.
Unlike Jerusalem, Samaria was in a fertile valley.

Isaiah 28:1–33:24

This section is connected by a series of six threats of judgment or woes (compare Isaiah 5:8–23). After the initial address to Samaria in Isaiah 28:1–13, the rest of the section addresses Judah. This is mainly because Judah tends to trust Egypt to save them from Assyria (Isaiah 30:2).

Isaiah 28:1–29

The glory of Samaria, capital of the northern kingdom of Israel, is here contrasted with the glory of the Lord. This section represents the first of the six woes (Woe to...).

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Hosea 7:5
The princes are inflamed with wine on the day of our king; so he joins hands with those who mock him.
Isaiah 28:7
These also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddled by wine. They stumble because of strong drink, muddled in their visions and stumbling in their judgments.
2 Kings 14:25–27
This Jeroboam restored the boundary of Israel from Lebo-hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word that the LORD, the God of Israel, had spoken through His servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath-hepher.
Isaiah 28:3–4
The majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards will be trampled underfoot.
2 Kings 18:10–12
And at the end of three years, the Assyrians captured it. So Samaria was captured in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel.
Hosea 6:10
In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: Ephraim practices prostitution there, and Israel is defiled.
Proverbs 23:29
Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?
Hosea 4:11
…to promiscuity, wine, and new wine, which take away understanding.
Amos 2:12
“But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.
Isaiah 5:22
Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and champions in mixing strong drink,
Amos 6:1
Woe to those at ease in Zion and those secure on Mount Samaria, the distinguished ones of the foremost nation, to whom the house of Israel comes.
Isaiah 8:4
For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”

People

Ephraim: Second son of Joseph, and a tribe of Israel

Glossary

Crown Isaiah, Book of

Topics

Ancient Samaria: The Territory of Ephraim and Manasseh Properly So Called Drunkard: General Scriptures Concerning Drunkards Drunkenness: Denunciations Against: Those Given To Drunkenness: General Scriptures Concerning Ephraim: A Tribe of Israel: Prophecy Concerning Flowers: Kingdom of Israel Pride: Israel Pride: Woe To Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of Captivity, Famine, and Judgments Valleys: Called: Fat Valleys, when Fruitful Wine: Admonitions Against the Use of

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