Isaiah 28:2
Watch out, for the Lord has someone who is strong and powerful! He is going to smash it to the ground like a hailstorm and a tornado, like a torrential rain and an overwhelming flood.
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3That crowning glory of Ephraim's drunks will be trampled underfoot.
Cross References
Isaiah 9:9All the people will soon realize it—Ephraim and the people who live in Samaria. Proudly and arrogantly they say,
Isaiah 27:1At that time the Lord will take his sharp, large, and strong sword, and punish Leviathan, the slithering serpent, and Leviathan, the coiled serpent, and he will kill the sea dragon.
Isaiah 29:6the Lord Almighty will arrive with thunder, earthquake, and tremendous noise, with whirlwind, storm, and flames of fire that burn everything up.
Isaiah 40:10Look! The Lord God is coming with power! He will rule with a firm hand. Look! He's bringing his reward with him, coming to give his gift.
Ezekiel 30:10This is what the Lord God says: I will use Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to take away Egypt's wealth.
Nahum 1:8but those who oppose him will be swept away by a tremendous flood to their destruction. He pursues his enemies into the darkness of death.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 28:2-9
Ephraim Reproved and Threatened; The Punishment of Ephraim; ( b. c. 725.) 1 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! 2 Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand. 3 The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet: 4 And… Read the whole commentary →