KJV 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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Isaiah 28:1
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the fading flower of his glorious splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, the pride of those overcome by wine.
WEB World English Bible
Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fertile valley of those who are overcome with wine!
ASV American Standard Version
Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley of them that are overcome with wine!
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Woe to the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim. And the fading flower of the beauty of his glory, That is on the head of the fat valley of the broken down of wine.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 28
1 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!
2 Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, [which] as a tempest of hail [and] a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.
3 The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:
4 And the glorious beauty, which [is] on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, [and] as the hasty fruit before the summer; which [when] he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.
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ה֗וֹיH1945 · hoywoe!עֲטֶ֤רֶתH5850 · a.ta.rahcrownגֵּאוּת֙H1348 · ge.utmajestyשִׁכֹּרֵ֣יH7910 · shik.kordrunkenאֶפְרַ֔יִםH669 · eph.ra.yimEphraimוְצִ֥יץH6731 · tsitsflowerנֹבֵ֖לH5034 · na.valbe senselessצְבִ֣יH6643 · tse.vibeautyתִפְאַרְתּ֑וֹH8597 · tiph.a.rahbeautyאֲשֶׁ֛רH834 · a.sherwhichעַל־H5921 · aluponרֹ֥אשׁH7218 · roshheadגֵּֽיא־H1516 · gayValleyשְׁמָנִ֖יםH8081 · she.menoilהֲל֥וּמֵיH1986 · ha.lamto smiteיָֽיִן׃H3196 · ya.yinwine
Cross-references
Hosea 7:5In the day of our king the princes have made [him] sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.Isaiah 28:7But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble [in] judgment.Isaiah 28:3-4The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:2 Kings 14:25-27He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which [was] of Gathhepher.Hosea 6:10I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there [is] the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.Isaiah 9:9And all the people shall know, [even] Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart,Isaiah 5:22Woe unto [them that are] mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:2 Chronicles 28:6For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, [which were] all valiant men; because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers.Isaiah 5:11Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, [that] they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, [till] wine inflame them!Isaiah 8:4For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.Amos 6:6That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.2 Kings 15:29In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.Amos 6:1Woe to them [that are] at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, [which are] named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!Hosea 5:5And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.Amos 2:12But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.2 Kings 18:10-12And at the end of three years they took it: [even] in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that [is] the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.Isaiah 7:8-9For the head of Syria [is] Damascus, and the head of Damascus [is] Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.Hosea 4:11Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
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