Isaías 28:1-9

1 Mensaje acerca de Samaria
¡Qué aflicción le espera a la orgullosa ciudad de Samaria,
la corona gloriosa de los borrachos de Israel!
Está asentada a la cabeza de un valle fértil,
pero su belleza gloriosa se marchitará como una flor.
Es el orgullo de un pueblo
que el vino derribó.
2 Pues el Señor enviará un poderoso ejército en su contra;
como un potente granizo y una lluvia torrencial,
se lanzarán sobre ella como las aguas embravecidas de una inundación
y la aplastarán contra el suelo.
3 La orgullosa ciudad de Samaria,
la corona gloriosa de los borrachos de Israel,
será pisoteada bajo los pies de sus enemigos.
4 Está asentada a la cabeza de un valle fértil,
pero su belleza gloriosa se marchitará como una flor.
Cualquiera que la vea la arrancará,
como a higo que brota temprano y pronto se arranca y se come.
5 Entonces por fin el Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales
será la corona gloriosa de Israel;
será el orgullo y la alegría
del remanente de su pueblo.
6 Él dará a sus jueces
anhelo de justicia
y gran valentía
a sus guerreros que vigilan las puertas.
7 Sin embargo, ahora Israel es dirigido por borrachos
que dan tumbos por el vino y se tambalean a causa del alcohol.
Los sacerdotes y los profetas se tambalean a causa del alcohol,
y se pierden por el vino.
Dan tumbos cuando tienen visiones
y se tambalean cuando emiten sus decisiones.
8 Sus mesas están cubiertas de vómito;
hay inmundicia por todas partes.
9 «¿Quién se cree el Señor
que somos? —preguntan—,
¿por qué nos habla así?
¿Acaso somos niños pequeños,
recién destetados?

Isaías 28:1-9 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.

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