Isaiah 28:3

The proud garland of the drunkards of Ephraim will be trodden underfoot. 1

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The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:

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2Behold, the Lord sends one who is mighty and strong; like a storm of hail and a destructive windstorm, 1 like a driving rain and overflowing waters; 1 and he will throw each garland crown down to the ground. 1

4The fading flower of his glorious beauty, that is on the head of the rich valley, 1 will be as the first ripe fig before the summer, that, when someone sees it, 1 while it is yet in his hand, he gulps it down. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 25:10For on this mountain the hand of Yahweh will rest; 1 and Moab will be trampled down in his place, even as straw is trampled down in a pit filled with manure. 1

Isaiah 28:1Woe to the proud garland crown that is worn by each of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of its glorious beauty, 1 the garland that is set on the head of the lush Valley of those who are overcome with wine! 1

Daniel 8:13Then I heard a holy one speaking and another holy one answering him, “How long will these things last, this vision about the burnt offering, the sin that brings destruction, the handing over of the sanctuary, and heaven's army being trampled on?”

Revelation 11:2But do not measure the courtyard outside the temple, for it has been given over to the Gentiles. They will trample the holy city for forty-two months.

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 →

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