Isaías 28:16-26

16 Por lo tanto, esto dice el Señor
Soberano:
«¡Miren! Pongo una piedra de cimiento en Jerusalén,
una piedra sólida y probada.
Es una preciosa piedra principal sobre la cual se puede construir con seguridad.
El que crea jamás será sacudido.

17 Los probaré con la cuerda de medir de la justicia
y con la plomada de la rectitud.
Puesto que su refugio está construido de mentiras,
un granizo lo echará abajo.
Puesto que está hecho de engaños,
una inundación lo arrasará.

18 Anularé el trato que ustedes hicieron para burlar a la muerte,
y revocaré su acuerdo para evitar la tumba.
Cuando el terrible enemigo arrase la tierra,
ustedes serán pisoteados.

19 Una y otra vez vendrá esa inundación,
mañana tras mañana,
día y noche,
hasta que arrase con todos ustedes».
Este mensaje llenará de terror al pueblo.

20 La cama que ustedes hicieron es demasiado pequeña para acostarse en ella
y las mantas son demasiado estrechas para cubrirlos.

21 El Señor
vendrá, como lo hizo contra los filisteos en el monte Perazim,
y contra los amorreos en Gabaón.
Vendrá para hacer algo extraño;
vendrá para hacer algo poco común:

22 el Señor, el Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales,
ha dicho con claridad que está decidido a aplastar toda la tierra.
Así que no se burlen más,
de lo contrario, su castigo será aún mayor.

23 Escúchenme;
escuchen y presten mucha atención.

24 ¿Acaso el agricultor siempre ara pero nunca siembra?
¿Está continuamente labrando la tierra y nunca plantando?

25 ¿No siembra finalmente sus semillas
—comino negro, comino, trigo, cebada y trigo espelta—
cada uno en la forma correcta,
y cada uno en el lugar que le corresponde?

26 El agricultor sabe exactamente qué hacer
porque Dios le ha dado entendimiento.

Isaías 28:16-26 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.