Isaiah 28:2
Behold, the anger of the Lord is strong and severe, as descending hail where there is no shelter, violently descending; as a great body of water sweeping away the soil, he shall make rest for the land.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
3The crown of pride, the hirelings of Ephraim, shall be beaten down with the hands and with the feet.
Cross References
Isaiah 9:9And all the people of Ephraim, and they that lived in Samaria shall know, who say in their pride and lofty heart,
Isaiah 27:1In that day God shall bring his holy and great and strong sword upon the dragon, even the serpent that flees, upon the dragon, the crooked serpent: he shall destroy the dragon.
Isaiah 29:6from the Lord of Hosts: for there shall be a visitation with thunder, and earthquake, and a loud + 29:6 Gr. voice noise, a rushing tempest, and devouring flame of fire.
Isaiah 40:10Behold the Lord! The Lord is coming with strength, and his arm is with power: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
Ezekiel 30:10Thus says the Lord God; I will also destroy the multitude of the Egyptians by the hand of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon,
Nahum 1:8But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end: darkness shall pursue those that rise up against him and his enemies.
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 →