Isaiah 28 Parallel Bible

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	SEP Brenton Septuagint Translation	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
1	Woe to the crown of pride, the hirelings of Ephraim, the flower that has fallen from the glory of the top of the fertile mountain, they that are drunken without 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 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.	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 crown of pride, the hirelings of Ephraim, shall be beaten down with the hands and with the feet.	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 fading flower of the glorious hope on the top of the high mountain shall be as the early fig; he that sees it, before he takes it into his hand, will desire to swallow it down.	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 shall be the crown of hope, the woven crown of glory, to the remnant of the 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	They shall be left in the spirit of judgement for judgement, and for the strength of them that hinder slaying.	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	For these have trespassed through wine; they have erred through strong drink: the priest and the prophet are mad through strong drink, they are swallowed up by reason of wine, they have staggered through drunkenness; they have erred: this is their vision.	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	A curse shall devour this counsel, for this is their counsel for the sake of covetousness.	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 have we reported evils? and to whom have we reported a message? even to those that are weaned from the milk, who are drawn from the breast.	“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	Except thou affliction on affliction, hope upon hope: yet a little, and yet a little,	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	by reason of the contemptuous words of the lips, by means of another language: for they shall speak to this people, saying to them,	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	This is the rest to him that is hungry, and this is the calamity: but they would not hear.	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	Therefore the oracle of God shall be to them affliction on affliction, hope on hope, yet a little, and yet a little, that they may go and fall backward; and they shall be crushed and shall be in danger, and shall be taken.	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	Therefore hear ye the word of the Lord, ye afflicted men, and ye princes of this people that is in 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	Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with Hades, and agreements with death; if the rushing storm should pass, it shall not come upon us: we have made falsehood our hope, and by falsehood shall we be protected:	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	Therefore thus saith the Lord, even the Lord, Behold, I lay for the foundations of Sion a costly stone, a choice, a corner-stone, a precious stone , for its foundations; and he that believes on him shall by no means be ashamed.	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 cause judgement to be for hope, and my compassion shall be for just measures, and ye that trust vainly in falsehood shall fall : for the storm shall by no means pass by you,	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	except it also take away your covenant of death, and your trust in Hades shall by no means stand: if the rushing storm should come upon you, ye shall be beaten 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 shall pass by, it shall take you; morning by morning it shall pass by in the day, and in the night there shall be an evil hope. Learn to 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	ye that are distressed; we cannot fight, but we are ourselves too weak for you to be gathered.	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	The Lord shall rise up as a mountain of ungodly men , and shall be in the valley of Gabaon; he shall perform his works with wrath, even a work of bitterness, and his wrath shall deal strangely, and his destruction shall be strange.	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	Therefore do not ye rejoice, neither let your bands be made strong; for I have heard of works finished and cut short by the Lord of hosts, which he will execute upon all the 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	Hearken, and hear my voice; attend, and hear my words.	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	Will the ploughman plough all the day? or will he prepare the seed beforehand, before he tills the ground?	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	Does he not, when he has levelled the surface thereof, then sow the small black poppy, or cumin, and afterward sow wheat, and barley, and millet, and bread-corn in thy borders?	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	So thou shalt be chastened by the judgement of thy God, and shalt rejoice.	For he is rightly instructed; his God teaches him.	His God instructs him and teaches him the right way.
27	For the black poppy is not cleansed with harsh treatment, nor will a wagon-wheel pass over the cumin; but the black poppy is threshed with a rod, and the cumin shall be eaten with bread;	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	for I will not be wroth with you for ever, neither shall the voice of my anger crush you.	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 these signs came forth from the Lord of hosts. Take counsel, exalt vain comfort.	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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