Isaiah 28:4
The 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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3The proud garland of the drunkards of Ephraim will be trodden underfoot. 1
Cross References
Isaiah 8:4For before the child knows to cry, 'My father,' and, 'My mother,' the riches of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried away by the king of Assyria.”
Hosea 6:4Ephraim, what will I do with you? 1 Judah, what will I do with you? 1 Your faithfulness is like a morning cloud, 1 like the dew that goes away early. 1
Hosea 9:16Ephraim is diseased, 1 and their root is dried up; 1 they bear no fruit. 1 Even if they have children, 1 I will put their beloved children to death.” 1
Hosea 13:15Though Ephraim is prosperous among his brothers, 1 an east wind will come; 1 the wind of Yahweh will blow in from the wilderness. 1 Ephraim's spring will dry up, 1 and his well will have no water. 1 His enemy will plunder his storehouse of every precious object. 1
Nahum 3:12All your fortresses will be like fig trees with the earliest ripe figs: 1 if they are shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater. 1
Revelation 6:13The stars in the heavens fell to the earth, just as a fig tree drops its unripe fruit when shaken by a stormy wind.
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 →