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 proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim. And the fading flower of the beauty of his glory, That [is] on the head of the fat valley of the broken down of 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, a mighty and strong one [is] to the Lord, As a storm of hail—a destructive shower, As an inundation of mighty waters overflowing, He cast down to the earth with the hand.

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

The proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim is trodden down by 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 the beauty of his glory That [is] on the head of the fat valley, Has been as its first-fruit before summer, That its beholder sees; He swallows it while it [is] yet in his hand.

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 YHWH of Hosts is For a crown of beauty, and for a circlet of glory, To 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 who is sitting in the judgment, And for might [to] those turning back 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

And even these have erred through wine, And have wandered through strong drink, Priest and prophet erred through strong drink, They have been swallowed up of the wine, They wandered because of the strong drink, They have erred in seeing, They have stumbled judicially.

8 for all table to fill vomit filth without place

For all tables have been full of vomit, Filth—without place!

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

By whom does He teach knowledge? And by whom does He cause to understand the report? The weaned from milk, the removed from breasts,

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

For rule on rule, rule on rule, Line on line, line on line, A little here, a little there,

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

For by scorned lip, and by another tongue, Does 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 has said, “This [is] the rest, give rest to the weary, And this—the refreshing”: And they have not been willing to 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 to whom a word of YHWH has been, Rule on rule, rule on rule, Line on line, line on line, A little here, a little there, So that they go and have stumbled backward, And been broken, and snared, and captured.

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

Therefore, hear a word of YHWH, you men of scorning, Ruling this people that [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)

Because you have said: “We have made a covenant with death, And we have made a provision with Sheol, An overflowing scourge, when it passes over, Does not meet us, Though we have made a lie our refuge, And have been hidden in falsehood.” (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 said Lord YHWH: “Behold, I am laying a foundation in Zion, A stone—a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a settled foundation, He who is believing does 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 have put judgment for a line, And righteousness for a plummet, And hail sweeps away the refuge of lies, And waters overflow the secret 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 has been annulled, And your provision with Sheol does not stand, An overflowing scourge, when it passes over, Then you have been to it for a treading-place. (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

From the fullness of its passing over it takes you, For it passes over morning by morning, By day and by night, And it has been only a trembling to consider the report.

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

For the bed has been shorter Than to stretch one’s self out in, And the covering has been narrower Than to wrap one’s self up in.

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 as YHWH rises [at] Mount Perazim, As He is troubled [at] the valley in Gibeon, To do His work—strange [is] His work, And to do His deed—strange [is] His deed.”

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

And now, do not show yourselves scorners, Lest your bands are strong, For a consumption, that is determined, I have heard, by the Lord, YHWH of Hosts, [Is] for all the land.

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

Give ear, and hear my voice, Attend, and hear my saying:

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

Does the plowman plow the whole day to sow? He opens and harrows his ground!

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

Has he not, if he has made its face level, Then scattered fitches, and sprinkles cumin, And has placed the principal wheat, And the appointed barley, And the rye [in] its own border?

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

And his God instructs him for judgment, He directs 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 fitches are not threshed with a sharp-pointed thing, And the wheel of a cart turned around on cumin, For fitches are beaten out with a staff, And cumin 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-[grain] is beaten small, For he does not severely thresh it forever, Nor has a wheel of his cart crushed [it], Nor do his hooves beat it small.

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

Even this from YHWH of Hosts has gone out, He has made counsel wonderful, He has made wisdom great!