Isaías 28:18-28

18 Y será abolido vuestro pacto con la muerte, vuestro convenio con el Seol no quedará en pie; cuando pase el azote abrumador, seréis su holladero.

19 Cuantas veces pase, os arrebatará, porque pasará mañana tras mañana, de día y de noche; y será terrible espanto el comprender el mensaje.

20 La cama es muy corta para estirarse en ella, y la manta muy estrecha para envolverse en ella.

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

22 Y ahora, no continuéis como escarnecedores, no sea que se hagan más fuertes vuestros grillos, pues de parte del Señor, DIOS de los ejércitos, he oído de una destrucción decretada sobre la tierra.

23 Escuchad y oíd mi voz, prestad atención y oíd mis palabras.

24 ¿Acaso para sembrar se pasa arando el labrador todo el día, abriendo y rastrillando su tierra?

25 ¿No allana su superficie y siembra eneldo y esparce comino, y siembra trigo en hileras, cebada en su debido lugar, y centeno dentro de sus límites?

26 Porque su Dios le instruye y le enseña cómo hacerlo.

27 Pues no se trilla el eneldo con el trillo, ni se hace girar la rueda de carreta sobre el comino; sino que con vara se sacude el eneldo, y con palo el comino.

28 El grano es triturado, pero no se le seguirá trillando indefinidamente; debido a que la rueda de la carreta y sus caballos lo dañarán, no se le triturará más.

Isaías 28:18-28 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.