Isaiah:28

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* Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim , and to the fading flower of his glorious beauty , which is on the head of the fertile valley of those who are overcome with wine ! * Behold , the Lord has a mighty and strong one . Like a storm of hail , a destroying storm , and like a storm of mighty waters overflowing , he will cast them down to the earth with his hand . * The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim will be trodden under foot . * The fading flower of his glorious beauty , which is on the head of the fertile valley , shall be like the first-ripe fig before the summer ; which someone picks and eats as soon as he sees it . * In that day , Yahweh of Armies will become a crown of glory , and a diadem of beauty , to the residue of his people ; * and a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment , and strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate . * They also reel with wine , and stagger with strong drink . The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink . They are swallowed up by wine . They stagger with strong drink . They err in vision . They stumble in judgment . * For all tables are completely full of filthy vomit and filthiness . * Whom will he teach knowledge ? To whom will he explain the message ? Those who are weaned from the milk , and drawn from the breasts ? * For it is precept on precept , precept on precept ; line on line , line on line ; here a little , there a little . * But he will speak to this nation with stammering lips and in another language ; * to whom he said , "This is the resting place . Give rest to weary "; and "This is the refreshing "; yet they would not hear . * Therefore the word of Yahweh will be to them precept on precept , precept on precept ; line on line , line on line ; here a little , there a little ; that they may go , fall backward , be broken , be snared , and be taken . * Therefore hear the word of Yahweh , you scoffers , that rule this people in Jerusalem : * "Because you have said , 'We have made a covenant with death , and with Sheol {Sheol is the place of the dead .} are we in agreement . When the overflowing scourge passes through , it won 't come to us ; for we have made lies our refuge , and we have hidden ourselves under falsehood .'" * Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh , "Behold , I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone , a tried stone , a precious cornerstone of a sure foundation . He who believes shall not act hastily . * I will make justice the measuring line , and righteousness the plumb line . The hail will sweep away the refuge of lies , and the waters will overflow the hiding place . * Your covenant with death shall be annulled , and your agreement with Sheol {Sheol is the place of the dead .} shall not stand . When the overflowing scourge passes through , then you will be trampled down by it . * As often as it passes through , it will seize you ; for morning by morning it will pass through , by day and by night ; and it will be nothing but terror to understand the message ." * For the bed is too short to stretch out on , and the blanket is too narrow to wrap oneself in . * For Yahweh will rise up as on Mount Perazim . He will be angry as in the valley of Gibeon ; that he may do his work , his unusual work , and bring to pass his act , his extraordinary act . * Now therefore don 't be scoffers , lest your bonds be made strong ; for I have heard a decree of destruction from the Lord , Yahweh of Armies , on the whole earth . * Give ear , and hear my voice ! Listen , and hear my speech ! * Does he who plows to sow plow continually ? Does he keep turning the soil and breaking the clods ? * When he has leveled its surface , doesn 't he plant the dill , and scatter the cumin seed , and put in the wheat in rows , the barley in the appointed place , and the spelt in its place ? * For his God instructs him in right judgment , and teaches him . * For the dill are not threshed with a sharp instrument , neither is a cart wheel turned over the cumin ; but the dill is beaten out with a stick , and the cumin with a rod . * Bread flour must be ground ; so he will not always be threshing it . Although he drives the wheel of his threshing cart over it , his horses don 't grind it . * This also comes forth from Yahweh of Armies , who is wonderful in counsel , and excellent in wisdom .

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