Isaiah:28

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* Woe to the crown of pride , to the drunkards of Ephraim , Whose glorious beauty is a fading flower Which is at the head of the verdant valleys , To those who are overcome with wine ! * Behold , the Lord has a mighty and strong one , Like a tempest of hail and a destroying storm , Like a flood of mighty waters overflowing , Who will bring them down to the earth with His hand . * The crown of pride , the drunkards of Ephraim , Will be trampled underfoot ; * And the glorious beauty is a fading flower Which is at the head of the verdant valley , Like the first fruit before the summer , Which an observer sees ; He eats it up while it is still in his hand . * In that day the LORD of hosts will be For a crown of glory and a diadem of beauty To the remnant of His people , * For a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment , And for strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate . * But they also have erred through wine , And through intoxicating drink are out of the way ; The priest and the prophet have erred through intoxicating drink , They are swallowed up by wine , They are out of the way through intoxicating drink ; They err in vision , they stumble in judgment . * For all tables are full of vomit and filth ; No place is clean . * "Whom will he teach knowledge ? And whom will he make to understand the message ? Those just weaned from milk ? Those just drawn from the breasts ? * For precept must be upon precept , precept upon precept , Line upon line , line upon line , Here a little , there a little ." * For with stammering lips and another tongue He will speak to this people , * To whom He said , "This is the rest with which You may cause the weary to rest ," And , "This is the refreshing "; Yet they would not hear . * But the word of the LORD was to them , "Precept upon precept , precept upon precept , Line upon line , line upon line , Here a little , there a little ," That they might go and fall backward , and be broken And snared and caught . * Therefore hear the word of the LORD , you scornful men , Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem , * Because you have said , "We have made a covenant with death , And with Sheol we are in agreement . When the overflowing scourge passes through , It will not come to us , For we have made lies our refuge , And under falsehood we have hidden ourselves ." * Therefore thus says the Lord GOD : "Behold , I lay in Zion a stone for a foundation , A tried stone , a precious cornerstone , a sure foundation ; Whoever believes will not act hastily . * Also I will make justice the measuring line , And righteousness the plummet ; The hail will sweep away the refuge of lies , And the waters will overflow the hiding place . * Your covenant with death will be annulled , And your agreement with Sheol will not stand ; When the overflowing scourge passes through , Then you will be trampled down by it . * As often as it goes out it will take you ; For morning by morning it will pass over , And by day and by night ; It will be a terror just to understand the report ." * For the bed is too short to stretch out on , And the covering so narrow that one cannot wrap himself in it . * For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim , He will be angry as in the Valley of Gibeon -- That He may do His work , His awesome work , And bring to pass His act , His unusual act . * Now therefore , do not be mockers , Lest your bonds be made strong ; For I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts , A destruction determined even upon the whole earth . * Give ear and hear my voice , Listen and hear my speech . * Does the plowman keep plowing all day to sow ? Does he keep turning his soil and breaking the clods ? * When he has leveled its surface , Does he not sow the black cummin And scatter the cummin , Plant the wheat in rows , The barley in the appointed place , And the spelt in its place ? * For He instructs him in right judgment , His God teaches him . * For the black cummin is not threshed with a threshing sledge , Nor is a cartwheel rolled over the cummin ; But the black cummin is beaten out with a stick , And the cummin with a rod . * Bread flour must be ground ; Therefore he does not thresh it forever , Break it with his cartwheel , Or crush it with his horsemen . * This also comes from the LORD of hosts , Who is wonderful in counsel and excellent in guidance .

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