Isaiah 28

1 woe! crown majesty drunken Ephraim and flower to wither beauty beauty his which upon head valley oil to smite wine

Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious adornment, which is on the head of the fat valley of them that are overcome with wine.

2 behold strong and strong to/for Lord like/as storm hail storm destruction like/as storm water mighty to overflow to rest to/for land: country/planet in/on/with hand: power

Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, as a storm of hail [and] a destroying tempest; as a storm of mighty waters overflowing, shall he cast down to the earth with might.

3 in/on/with foot to trample crown majesty drunken Ephraim

The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under feet;

4 and to be flower to wither beauty beauty his which upon head valley oil like/as early fig in/on/with before summer which to see: see [the] to see: see [obj] her in/on/with still she in/on/with palm his to swallow up her

and the fading flower of his glorious adornment which is on the head of the fat valley shall be like an early fig before the summer: as soon as he that seeth it perceiveth it, scarcely is it in his hand, he swalloweth it down.

5 in/on/with day [the] he/she/it to be LORD Hosts to/for crown beauty and to/for diadem/doom beauty to/for remnant people his

In that day will Jehovah of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the remnant of his people;

6 and to/for spirit justice to/for to dwell upon [the] justice: judgement and to/for might to return: return battle gate [to]

and for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.

7 and also these in/on/with wine to wander and in/on/with strong drink to go astray priest and prophet to wander in/on/with strong drink to swallow up from [the] wine to go astray from [the] strong drink to wander in/on/with vision to reel judgment

But these also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are they gone astray. The priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink; they are overpowered by wine, they are gone astray through strong drink; they have erred in vision, they have stumbled [in] judgment.

8 for all table to fill vomit filth without place

For all tables are full of filthy vomit, so that there is no [more] place.

9 [obj] who? to show knowledge and [obj] who? to understand tidings to wean from milk ancient/taken from breast

Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand the report? Them that are weaned from the milk, withdrawn from the breasts?

10 for command to/for command command to/for command cord to/for cord cord to/for cord little there little there

For [it is] precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little. ...

11 for in/on/with mocking lips and in/on/with tongue: language another to speak: speak to(wards) [the] people [the] this

For with stammering lips and a strange tongue will he speak to this people;

12 which to say to(wards) them this [the] resting to rest to/for faint and this [the] repose and not be willing to hear: hear

to whom he said, This is the rest: cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing. But they would not hear.

13 and to be to/for them word LORD command to/for command command to/for command cord to/for cord cord to/for cord little there little there because to go: went and to stumble back and to break and to snare and to capture

And the word of Jehovah was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little: that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

14 to/for so to hear: hear word LORD human scorning to rule [the] people [the] this which in/on/with Jerusalem

Therefore hear the word of Jehovah, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.

15 for to say to cut: make(covenant) covenant with death and with hell: Sheol to make seer (whip *Q(K)*) to overflow for (to pass *Q(K)*) not to come (in): come us for to set: make lie refuge our and in/on/with deception to hide (Sheol h7585)

For ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol have we made an agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us; for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves. (Sheol h7585)

16 to/for so thus to say Lord YHWH/God look! I to found in/on/with Zion stone stone testing corner precious foundation to found [the] be faithful not to hasten

Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I lay for foundation in Zion a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner-stone, a sure foundation: he that trusteth shall not make haste.

17 and to set: make justice to/for line and righteousness to/for level and to sweep away hail refuge lie and secrecy water to overflow

And I will appoint judgment for a line, and righteousness for a plummet; and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding-place.

18 and to atone covenant your with death and vision your with hell: Sheol not to arise: establish whip to overflow for to pass and to be to/for him to/for trampling (Sheol h7585)

And your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, ye shall be trodden down by it. (Sheol h7585)

19 from sufficiency to pass he to take: take [obj] you for in/on/with morning in/on/with morning to pass in/on/with day and in/on/with night and to be except trembling to understand tidings

As it passeth through it shall take you; for morning by morning shall it pass through, by day and by night; and it shall be terror only to understand the report.

20 for be short [the] bed from to extend and [the] veil to constrain like/as to gather

For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow when he would wrap himself in it.

21 for like/as mountain: mount (Mount) Perazim to arise: rise LORD like/as valley in/on/with Gibeon to tremble to/for to make: do deed his be a stranger deed his and to/for to serve: labour service: work his foreign service: work his

For Jehovah will rise up as on mount Perazim, he will be moved with anger as in the valley of Gibeon; that he may do his work, his strange work, and perform his act, his unwonted act.

22 and now not to mock lest to strengthen: strengthen bond your for consumption and to decide to hear: hear from with Lord YHWH/God Hosts upon all [the] land: country/planet

Now therefore be ye not scorners, lest your bonds be made strong; for I have heard from the Lord Jehovah of hosts a consumption, and [one] determined, upon the whole land.

23 to listen and to hear: hear voice my to listen and to hear: hear word my

Give ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.

24 all [the] day: daily to plow/plot [the] to plow/plot to/for to sow to open and to harrow land: soil his

Doth the ploughman plough all day to sow? Is he [all day] opening and breaking the clods of his land?

25 not if be like face: surface her and to scatter dill and cummin to scatter and to set: put wheat row and barley to appoint and rye border his

Doth he not, when he hath levelled the face thereof, cast abroad dill, and scatter cummin, and set the wheat in rows, and the barley in an appointed place, and the rye in its border?

26 and to discipline him to/for justice God his to show him

His God doth instruct him in [his] judgment, he doth teach him.

27 for not in/on/with sharp to tread dill and wheel cart upon cummin to turn: turn for in/on/with tribe: stick to beat dill and cummin in/on/with tribe: staff

For the dill is not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart-wheel turned about upon the cummin; but dill is beaten out with a staff, and cummin with a rod.

28 food: bread to crush for not to/for perpetuity to tread to tread him and to confuse wheel cart his and horse his not to crush him

Bread [corn] is crushed, because he will not ever be threshing it; and if he drove the wheels of his cart and his horses [over it], he would not crush it.

29 also this from from with LORD Hosts to come out: come to wonder counsel to magnify wisdom

This also cometh forth from Jehovah of hosts; he is wonderful in counsel, great in wisdom.