Isaiah 28 Parallel Bible

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1	Woe to the crown of arrogance, to the inebriated of Ephraim, and to the falling flower, the glory of his exultation, to those who were at the top of the very fat valley, staggering from wine.	Ah, the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim, and the fading flower of its glorious beauty, which is on the head of the rich valley of those overcome with wine!	Woe to that wreath, the pride of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the fading flower, his glorious beauty, set on the head of a fertile valley— to that city, the pride of those laid low by wine!
2	Behold, the Lord is powerful and steadfast, like a storm of hail, like a crushing whirlwind, like the force of many waters, inundating, sent forth over a spacious land.	Behold, the Lord has one who is mighty and strong; like a storm of hail, a destroying tempest, like a storm of mighty, overflowing waters, he casts down to the earth with his hand.	See, the Lord has one who is powerful and strong. Like a hailstorm and a destructive wind, like a driving rain and a flooding downpour, he will throw it forcefully to the ground.
3	The arrogant crown of the inebriated of Ephraim will be trampled under foot.	The proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim will be trodden underfoot;	That wreath, the pride of Ephraim’s drunkards, will be trampled underfoot.
4	And the falling flower, the glory of his exultation, who is at the summit of the fat valley, will be like a premature fruit before the ripeness of autumn, which, when the onlooker beholds it, as soon he takes it in his hand, he will devour it.	and the fading flower of its glorious beauty, which is on the head of the rich valley, will be like a first-ripe fig before the summer: when someone sees it, he swallows it as soon as it is in his hand.	That fading flower, his glorious beauty, set on the head of a fertile valley, will be like figs ripe before harvest— as soon as people see them and take them in hand, they swallow them.
5	In that day, the Lord of hosts will be the crown of glory and the wreath of exultation for the remnant of his people.	In that day the LORD of hosts will be a crown of glory, and a diadem of beauty, to the remnant of his people,	In that day the LORD Almighty will be a glorious crown, a beautiful wreath for the remnant of his people.
6	And he will be the spirit of judgment for those who sit in judgment, and the strength of those who return from war to the gates.	and a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.	He will be a spirit of justice to the one who sits in judgment, a source of strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.
7	Yet truly, these also have been ignorant due to wine, and they have gone astray due to inebriation. The priest and the prophet have been ignorant because of inebriation. They have been absorbed by wine. They have staggered in drunkenness. They have not known the One who sees. They have been ignorant of judgment.	These also reel with wine and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are swallowed by wine, they stagger with strong drink, they reel in vision, they stumble in giving judgment.	And these also stagger from wine and reel from beer: Priests and prophets stagger from beer and are befuddled with wine; they reel from beer, they stagger when seeing visions, they stumble when rendering decisions.
8	For all the tables have been filled with vomit and filth, so much so that there was no place left.	For all tables are full of filthy vomit, with no space left.	All the tables are covered with vomit and there is not a spot without filth.
9	To whom will he teach knowledge? And to whom will he grant an understanding of what is heard? To those who have been weaned from the milk, who have been pulled away from the breasts.	“To whom will he teach knowledge, and to whom will he explain the message? Those who are weaned from the milk, those taken from the breast?	“Who is it he is trying to teach? To whom is he explaining his message? To children weaned from their milk, to those just taken from the breast?
10	So then: command, and command again; command, and command again; expect, and expect again; a little here, and a little there.	For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little.”	For it is: Do this, do that, a rule for this, a rule for that; a little here, a little there.”
11	For with the speech of lips and with a different language, he will speak to this people.	For by people of strange lips and with a foreign tongue the LORD will speak to this people,	Very well then, with foreign lips and strange tongues God will speak to this people,
12	He said to them: “This is my rest. Refresh the weary,” and, “This is my refreshment.” And yet they were unwilling to listen.	to whom he has said, “This is rest; give rest to the weary; and this is repose”; yet they would not hear.	to whom he said, “This is the resting place, let the weary rest\|; and, “This is the place of repose\|— but they would not listen.
13	And so, the word of the Lord to them will be: “Command, and command again; command, and command again; expect, and expect again; a little here, and a little there,” so that they may go forward and fall backward, and so that they may be broken and ensnared and captured.	And the word of the LORD will be to them precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little, that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.	So then, the word of the LORD to them will become: Do this, do that, a rule for this, a rule for that; a little here, a little there— so that as they go they will fall backward; they will be injured and snared and captured.
14	Because of this, listen to the word of the Lord, you mocking men, who lord it over my people who are at Jerusalem.	Therefore hear the word of the LORD, you scoffers, who rule this people in Jerusalem!	Therefore hear the word of the LORD, you scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.
15	For you have said: “We struck a deal with death, and we formed a pact with Hell. When the inundating scourge passes through, it will not overwhelm us. For we have placed our hope in lies, and we are protected by what is false.”	Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol we have an agreement, when the overwhelming whip passes through it will not come to us, for we have made lies our refuge, and in falsehood we have taken shelter”;	You boast, “We have entered into a covenant with death, with the realm of the dead we have made an agreement. When an overwhelming scourge sweeps by, it cannot touch us, for we have made a lie our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.”
16	For this reason, thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will set a stone within the foundations of Zion, a tested stone, a cornerstone, a precious stone, which has been established in the foundation: whoever trusts in him need not hurry.	therefore thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I am the one who has laid as a foundation in Zion, a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation: ‘Whoever believes will not be in haste.’	So this is what the Sovereign LORD says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation; the one who relies on it will never be stricken with panic.
17	And I will establish judgment in weights, and justice in measures. And a hailstorm will overturn hope in what is false; and waters will inundate its protection.	And I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plumb line; and hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and waters will overwhelm the shelter.”	I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the plumb line; hail will sweep away your refuge, the lie, and water will overflow your hiding place.
18	And your deal with death will be abolished, and your pact with Hell will not stand. When the inundating scourge passes through, you will be trampled down by it.	Then your covenant with death will be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand; when the overwhelming scourge passes through, you will be beaten down by it.	Your covenant with death will be annulled; your agreement with the realm of the dead will not stand. When the overwhelming scourge sweeps by, you will be beaten down by it.
19	Whenever it passes through, it will take you away. For, at first light of morning, it will pass through, in the day and in the night, and vexation alone will make you understand what you hear.	As often as it passes through it will take you; for morning by morning it will pass through, by day and by night; and it will be sheer terror to understand the message.	As often as it comes it will carry you away; morning after morning, by day and by night, it will sweep through.” The understanding of this message will bring sheer terror.
20	For the bed has been narrowed, so much so that one alone would fall out, and the short blanket is not able to cover two.	For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to wrap oneself in.	The bed is too short to stretch out on, the blanket too narrow to wrap around you.
21	For the Lord will stand, just as at the mountain of divisions. He will be angry, just as in the valley which is in Gibeon, so that he may accomplish his work, his strange work, so that he may complete his work, his work which is foreign even to him.	For the LORD will rise up as on Mount Perazim; as in the Valley of Gibeon he will be roused; to do his deed—strange is his deed! and to work his work—alien is his work!	The LORD will rise up as he did at Mount Perazim, he will rouse himself as in the Valley of Gibeon— to do his work, his strange work, and perform his task, his alien task.
22	And now, do not be willing to mock, lest your chains be tightened. For I have heard, from the Lord, the God of hosts, about the consummation and the abridgement concerning the entire earth.	Now therefore do not scoff, lest your bonds be made strong; for I have heard a decree of destruction from the Lord GOD of hosts against the whole land.	Now stop your mocking, or your chains will become heavier; the Lord, the LORD Almighty, has told me of the destruction decreed against the whole land.
23	Pay close attention, and listen to my voice! Attend and hear my eloquence!	Give ear, and hear my voice; give attention, and hear my speech.	Listen and hear my voice; pay attention and hear what I say.
24	Would the plowman, after plowing all day so that he may sow, instead cut open and hoe his soil?	Does he who plows for sowing plow continually? Does he continually open and harrow his ground?	When a farmer plows for planting, does he plow continually? Does he keep on breaking up and working the soil?
25	Will he not, when he has made the surface level, sow coriander, and scatter cumin, and plant wheat in rows, and barley, and millet, and vetch in their places?	When he has leveled its surface, does he not scatter dill, sow cumin, and put in wheat in rows and barley in its proper place, and emmer as the border?	When he has leveled the surface, does he not sow caraway and scatter cumin? Does he not plant wheat in its place, barley in its plot, and spelt in its field?
26	For he will be instructed in judgment; his God will teach him.	For he is rightly instructed; his God teaches him.	His God instructs him and teaches him the right way.
27	For coriander cannot be threshed with a saw, and a cartwheel cannot revolve over cumin. Instead, coriander is shaken out with a stick, and cumin with a staff.	Dill is not threshed with a threshing sledge, nor is a cart wheel rolled over cumin, but dill is beaten out with a stick, and cumin with a rod.	Caraway is not threshed with a sledge, nor is the wheel of a cart rolled over cumin; caraway is beaten out with a rod, and cumin with a stick.
28	But grain for bread must be crushed. Truly, the thresher cannot thresh it unceasingly, and the cartwheel can neither disrupt it, nor break it with its surface.	Does one crush grain for bread? No, he does not thresh it forever; when he drives his cart wheel over it with his horses, he does not crush it.	Grain must be ground to make bread; so one does not go on threshing it forever. The wheels of a threshing cart may be rolled over it, but one does not use horses to grind grain.
29	And this has gone forth from the Lord, the God of hosts, so that he may accomplish his miraculous plan and magnify justice.	This also comes from the LORD of hosts; he is wonderful in counsel and excellent in wisdom.	All this also comes from the LORD Almighty, whose plan is wonderful, whose wisdom is magnificent.
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