Verse 4
Isaiah 28:4
American Standard Version
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and the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be as the first-ripe fig before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְֽ/הָ֨יְתָ֜ה צִיצַ֤ת נֹבֵל֙ צְבִ֣י תִפְאַרְתּ֔/וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר עַל רֹ֖אשׁ גֵּ֣יא שְׁמָנִ֑ים כְּ/בִכּוּרָהּ֙ בְּ/טֶ֣רֶם קַ֔יִץ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִרְאֶ֤ה הָֽ/רֹאֶה֙ אוֹתָ֔/הּ בְּ/עוֹדָ֥/הּ בְּ/כַפּ֖/וֹ יִבְלָעֶֽ/נָּה
English Translation
And there will be a tangle of the beautiful glory of the deer, which is on the head of the fat valley, like its first fruits before the summer, which the seer will see before it is swallowed up in his hand.
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Chapter 28 Context
1
Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious beau...
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Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one; as a tempest of hail, a destroying storm, as a tempes...
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The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under foot:
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and the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be as th...
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In that day will Jehovah of hosts become a crown of glory, and a diadem of beauty, unto the residue...
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and a spirit of justice to him that sitteth in judgment, and strength to them that turn back the bat...
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7
And even these reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with s...
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8
For all tables are full of vomit [and] filthiness, [so that there is] no place [clean].
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9
Whom will he teach knowledge? and whom will he make to understand the message? them that are weaned...
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10
For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little,...
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11
Nay, but by [men of] strange lips and with another tongue will he speak to this people;
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12
to whom he said, This is the rest, give ye rest to him that is weary; and this is the refreshing: ye...
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13
Therefore shall the word of Jehovah be unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line up...
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14
Wherefore hear the word of Jehovah, ye scoffers, that rule this people that is in Jerusalem:
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15
Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol are we at agreement; when t...
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therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone...
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17
And I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plummet; and the hail shall sweep away the r...
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18
And your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol shall not stand; when...
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19
As often as it passeth though, it shall take you; for morning by morning shall it pass through, by d...
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20
For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it; and the covering narrower than tha...
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For Jehovah will rise up as in mount Perazim, he will be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon; that he m...
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Now therefore be ye not scoffers, lest your bonds be made strong; for a decree of destruction have I...
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23
Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.
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24
Doth he that ploweth to sow plow continually? doth he [continually] open and harrow his ground?
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25
When he hath levelled the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin,...
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For his God (Elohim) doth instruct him aright, [and] doth teach him.
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For the fitches are not threshed with a sharp [threshing] instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned...
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28
Bread [grain] is ground; for he will not be always threshing it: and though the wheel of his cart an...
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This also cometh forth from Jehovah of hosts, who is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in wisdom.
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