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Isaiah 28 Summary
Woe to Ephraim's Pride and the Sure Foundation Stone
Woe to the crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim whose beauty is a fading flower. The Lord has a mighty one who shall cast them down as a tempest casts down hail. Priests and prophets have erred through strong drink. Yet to those who hear the Lord speaks with stammering lips, offering rest. He lays in Zion a tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation. He will sweep away the refuge of lies with hail and overflow the hiding place.
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Isaiah 28:1-4
“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! 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. The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet: And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.”
Isaiah 28:16
“Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.”
Isaiah 28:17
“Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.”
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