Isaías 28:15-25

15 Porque habéis dicho: Pacto tenemos hecho con la muerte, y con el Seol; hicimos acuerdo que cuando pasare el turbión del azote, no llegará a nosotros; porque pusimos nuestra acogida en mentira, y en la falsedad nos esconderemos

16 por tanto, el Señor DIOS dice así: He aquí que yo fundo en Sion una piedra, piedra de fortaleza, de esquina, de precio, de cimiento cimentado; el que creyere, no se apresure

17 Y ajustaré el juicio a cordel, y a nivel la justicia. Y granizo barrerá la acogida de la mentira, y aguas arrollarán el escondrijo

18 Y será anulado vuestro pacto con la muerte, y vuestro acuerdo con el Seol no será firme; cuando pasare el turbión del azote, seréis de él hollados

19 Luego que comenzare a pasar, él os arrebatará, porque de repente pasará, de día y de noche; y será que el espanto solamente haga entender lo oído

20 Porque la cama es tan angosta que no basta, y la cubierta estrecha para recoger

21 Porque el SEÑOR se levantará como en el monte Perazim, como en el valle de Gabaón se enojará; para hacer su obra, su extraña obra, y para hacer su operación, su extraña operación

22 Por tanto, no os burléis ahora, para que no se aprieten más vuestras ataduras; porque consumación y destrucción sobre toda la tierra he oído del Señor DIOS de los ejércitos

23 Estad atentos, y oíd mi voz; estad atentos, y oíd mi dicho

24 El que ara para sembrar, ¿arará todo el día? ¿romperá y quebrará los terrones de la tierra

25 Después que hubiere igualado su superficie, ¿no derramará la neguilla, sembrará el comino, pondrá el trigo por su orden, y la cebada en su señal, y la avena en su término

Isaías 28:15-25 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 28

In this chapter the ten tribes of Israel and the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin, are threatened with divine judgments, because of their sins and iniquities mentioned. The ten tribes, under the name of Ephraim, for their pride and drunkenness, Isa 28:1 the means of their destruction, the Assyrian monarch, compared to a hail storm, and a flood of mighty waters, Isa 28:2 which destruction, for their sins, is repeated, and represented as sudden and swift; when they would be like a fading flower and hasty fruit, Isa 28:3,4 and then, as for the two tribes, though they had a glorious prince at the head of them, who had a spirit of wisdom and judgment for government, and of valour and courage for war, Isa 28:5,6 yet the generality of the people, led on by the example of priest and prophet, went into the same sensual gratifications as they of the ten tribes did, Isa 28:7,8 and became sottish and unteachable, and were like children just taken from the breast, and to be used as such, Isa 28:9-11 and though the doctrine proposed to be taught them was such as, if received, would be of the greatest advantage to them, for their comfort and refreshment, yet it was refused by them with the utmost contempt; which was to be their ruin, Isa 28:12,13, wherefore the rulers of Jerusalem are threatened with the judgments of God, which should come upon them night and day, the report of which would be a vexation to them; and from which they should not be screened by their covenant with death and hell, or by their shelters and coverings with lies and falsehood, in which they placed their confidence, Isa 28:14,15 Isa 28:17-22 in the midst of which account, for the comfort of the Lord's people, stands a glorious prophecy, concerning the sure foundation laid in Zion, on which all that are built are safe and happy, Isa 28:16 and the certainty of these judgments is illustrated by the method which the ploughman takes in sowing his corn, and threshing it out; for which he has instruction and direction from the Lord of hosts, Isa 28:23-29.