CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Isaiah 28 BSB</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/isaiah/28.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap//isaiah/28-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">BSB</a> > Isaiah 28</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/berean/menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../isaiah/27.htm" title="Isaiah 27">◄</a> Isaiah 28 <a href="../isaiah/29.htm" title="Isaiah 29">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Berean Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/bsb/heb/isaiah/28.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Captivity of Ephraim<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/28-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> drunkards, <p class="indent2"> to the fading flower of his glorious splendor, <p class="indent1"> set on the summit above the fertile valley, <p class="indent2"> the pride of those overcome by wine. <A name="3"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/28-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Behold, the Lord has one <p class="indent2"> who is strong and mighty. <p class="indent1"> Like a hailstorm or destructive tempest, <p class="indent2"> like a driving rain or flooding downpour, <p class="indent2"> he will smash that crown to the ground. <A name="4"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/28-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards <p class="indent2"> will be trampled underfoot. <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/28-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The fading flower of his beautiful splendor, <p class="indent2"> set on the summit above the fertile valley, <p class="indent1"> will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest: <p class="indent2"> Whoever sees it will take it in his hand and swallow it. <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/28-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>On that day the LORD of Hosts will be a crown of glory, <p class="indent2"> a diadem of splendor to the remnant of His people, <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/28-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, <p class="indent2"> and a strength to those who repel the onslaught at the gate. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/28-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>These also stagger from wine <p class="indent2"> and stumble from strong drink: <p class="indent1"> Priests and prophets reel from strong drink <p class="indent2"> and are befuddled by wine. <p class="indent1"> They stumble because of strong drink, <p class="indent2"> muddled in their visions and stumbling in their judgments. <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/28-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For all their tables are covered with vomit; <p class="indent2"> there is not a place without filth. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/28-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Whom is He trying to teach? <p class="indent2"> To whom is He explaining His message? <p class="indent1"> To infants just weaned from milk? <p class="indent2"> To babies removed from the breast? <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/28-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For they hear:<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <p class="indent2">“Order on order, order on order, <p class="indent2"> line on line, line on line;<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> <p class="indent2"> a little here, a little there.” <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/28-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Indeed, with mocking lips and foreign tongues, <p class="indent2"> He will speak to this people<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/28-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>to whom He has said: <p class="indent1">“This is the place of rest, let the weary rest; <p class="indent2"> this is the place of repose.” <p class="indent1stline"> But they would not listen. <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/28-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then the word of the LORD to them will become: <p class="indent2">“Order on order, order on order, <p class="indent2"> line on line, line on line; <p class="indent2"> a little here, a little there,” <p class="indent1"> so that they will go stumbling backward <p class="indent2"> and will be injured, ensnared, and captured. <A name="15"></a><p class="hdg">A Cornerstone in Zion<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../1_corinthians/3.htm#10">1 Corinthians 3:10–15</a>; <a href ="../ephesians/2.htm#19">Ephesians 2:19–22</a>; <a href ="../1_peter/2.htm">1 Peter 2:1–8</a>)</span><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/28-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Therefore hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers <p class="indent2"> who rule this people in Jerusalem. <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/28-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; <p class="indent2"> we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. <p class="indent1"> When the overwhelming scourge passes through <p class="indent2"> it will not touch us, <p class="indent1"> because we have made lies our refuge <p class="indent2"> and falsehood<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> our hiding place.” <A name="17"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/28-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>So this is what the Lord GOD says: <p class="indent1stline">“See, I lay a stone in Zion, <p class="indent2"> a tested stone, <p class="indent1"> a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; <p class="indent2"> the one who believes will never be shaken.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">f</a></span> <A name="18"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/28-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>I will make justice the measuring line <p class="indent2"> and righteousness the level. <p class="indent1"> Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, <p class="indent2"> and water will flood your hiding place. <A name="19"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/28-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Your covenant with death will be dissolved, <p class="indent2"> and your agreement with Sheol will not stand. <p class="indent1"> When the overwhelming scourge passes through, <p class="indent2"> you will be trampled by it. <A name="20"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/28-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>As often as it passes through, <p class="indent2"> it will carry you away; <p class="indent1"> it will sweep through morning after morning, <p class="indent2"> by day and by night.” <p class="indent1stline"> The understanding of this message <p class="indent2"> will bring sheer terror. <A name="21"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/28-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Indeed, the bed is too short to stretch out on, <p class="indent2"> and the blanket too small to wrap around you. <A name="22"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/28-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim. <p class="indent2"> He will rouse Himself as in the Valley of Gibeon, <p class="indent1"> to do His work, His strange work, <p class="indent2"> and to perform His task, His disturbing task. <A name="23"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/28-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>So now, do not mock, <p class="indent2"> or your shackles will become heavier. <p class="indent1"> Indeed, I have heard from the Lord GOD of Hosts <p class="indent2"> a decree of destruction against the whole land. <A name="24"></a><p class="hdg">Listen and Hear<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/28-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Listen and hear my voice. <p class="indent2"> Pay attention and hear what I say. <A name="25"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/28-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Does the plowman plow for planting every day? <p class="indent2"> Does he continuously loosen and harrow the soil? <A name="26"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/28-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>When he has leveled its surface, <p class="indent2"> does he not sow caraway and scatter cumin? <p class="indent1"> He plants wheat in rows and barley in plots, <p class="indent2"> and rye within its border. <A name="27"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/28-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>For his God instructs <p class="indent2"> and teaches him properly. <A name="28"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/28-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Surely caraway is not threshed with a sledge, <p class="indent2"> and the wheel of a cart is not rolled over the cumin. <p class="indent1"> But caraway is beaten out with a stick, <p class="indent2"> and cumin with a rod. <A name="29"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/28-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Grain for bread must be ground, <p class="indent2"> but it is not endlessly threshed. <p class="indent1"> Though the wheels of the cart roll over it, <p class="indent2"> the horses do not crush it. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/28-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>This also comes from the LORD of Hosts, <p class="indent2"> who is wonderful in counsel <p class="indent2"> and excellent in wisdom.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> That is, the northern kingdom of Israel; also in verse 3<br><span class="fnverse">10</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>For He says</i> or <i>For it is</i>; literally <i>For</i><br><span class="fnverse">10</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Or <i>Do this, do that, a rule for this, a rule for that</i>; Hebrew <i>sav lasav sav lasav kav lakav kav lakav</i> (possibly meaningless sounds to demonstrate an inability to understand); also in verse 13<br><span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> Cited in <a href="../1_corinthians/14.htm#21">1 Corinthians 14:21</a><br><span class="fnverse">15</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> Or <i>false gods</i><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnotesbot">f</span> LXX <i>will never be put to shame</i>; cited in <a href="../romans/9.htm#33">Romans 9:33</a>, <a href="../romans/10.htm#11">Romans 10:11</a>, and <a href="../1_peter/2.htm#6">1 Peter 2:6</a><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Standard Bible (BSB)</a> printed 2016, 2020, 2022, 2025 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. Produced in cooperation with Bible Hub, Discovery Bible, unfoldingWord, Bible Aquifer, OpenBible.com, and the Berean Bible Translation Committee. This text of God's Word has been dedicated to the public domain. Free <a href=http://berean.bible/downloads.htm>downloads</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible/licensing.htm>unlimited usage</a> available. See also the <a href=http://literalbible.com>Berean Literal Bible</a> and <a href=http://interlinearbible.com>Berean Interlinear Bible</a>.<span class=p><br /><br /></span><a href=/>Bible Hub</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../isaiah/27.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 27"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 27" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../isaiah/29.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 29"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 29" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>