Isaiah 28:1
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| Overview - Isaiah 28 | |
| 1 | The prophet threatens Ephraim for their pride and drunkenness. |
| 5 | The residue shall be advanced in the kingdom of Christ. |
| 7 | He rebukes their error; |
| 9 | their untowardness to learn; |
| 14 | and their security. |
| 16 | Christ the sure foundation is promised. |
| 17 | Their security shall be tried. |
| 23 | They are incited to the consideration of God's discreet providence. |
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Isaiah 28:1 (King James Version)
Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!
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- M. 3279. B.C. 725. the crown.
- This chapter begins a new subject, chiefly relating to the devastations of Israel and Judah by the Assyrian kings. The ancient Samaria being beautifully situated on the top of a round hill, and surrounded immediately with a rich valley, and then a circle of other hills around it, suggested the idea of a chaplet, or wreath of flowers.
- 3 ; Hosea 5:5 ; 6:10
- drunkards
- 7 ; Isaiah 5:11 Isaiah 5:22 Proverbs 23:29 ; Hosea 4:11 ; 7:5 Amos 2:8 Amos 2:12 ; 6:6
- whose
- 4 ; Isaiah 7:8 Isaiah 7:9 8:4 2 Kings 14:25-27 ; 15:29 18:10-12 2 Chronicles 28:6 ; 2 Chronicles 30:6 2 Chronicles 30:7
- Amos 6:1
- overcome
- Hebrew broken.