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Isaiah 28:1 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 28 · verse 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!Isaiah 28:1 · King James Version
Isaiah 28:1 in context
1Woe 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!
2Behold, 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.
3The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- drunkardsshikkôwrintoxicated, as astate or a habitH7910 →
- glorioustsᵉbîysplendorH6643 →
- EphraimʼEphrayimEphrajim, a son of JosephH669 →
- beautytiphʼârâhornamentH8597 →
- fadingnâbêlto wiltH5034 →
- flowertsîytsproperly, glisteningH6731 →
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Here, I. The prophet warns the kingdom of the ten tribes of the judgments that were coming upon them for their sins, which were soon after executed by the king of Assyria, who laid their country waste, and carried the people into captivity.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-8