Isaiah 28:1 “Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the fading flower…”

Isaiah 28:1

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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!

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!

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!

Geneva Bible 1599

Woe to the crowne of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim: for his glorious beautie shall be a fading flowre, which is vpon the head of the valley of them that be fat, and are ouercome with wine.

Darby Translation

Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious adornment, which is on the head of the fat valley of them that are overcome with wine.

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.

Bible in Basic English

Ho! crown of pride of those who are given up to wine in Ephraim, and the dead flower of his glory which is on the head of those who are overcome by strong drink!

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Cross references

“the crown”

Hosea 5:5 Hosea 6:10 Isaiah 28:3

Hosea 5:5 · BSB

Israel’s arrogance testifies against them; Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; even Judah stumbles with them.

Hosea 6:10 · BSB

In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: Ephraim practices prostitution there, and Israel is defiled.

Isaiah 28:3 · BSB

The majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards will be trampled underfoot.

“drunkards”

Hosea 7:5 Isaiah 28:7 Isaiah 5:11 Isaiah 5:22 Proverbs 23:29 Hosea 4:11

Hosea 7:5 · BSB

The princes are inflamed with wine on the day of our king; so he joins hands with those who mock him.

Isaiah 28:7 · BSB

These also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddled by wine. They stumble because of strong drink, muddled in their visions and stumbling in their jud…

Isaiah 5:11 · BSB

Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.

Isaiah 5:22 · BSB

Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and champions in mixing strong drink,

Proverbs 23:29 · BSB

Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?

Hosea 4:11 · BSB

to promiscuity, wine, and new wine, which take away understanding.

“whose”

2 Kings 14:25–27 Isaiah 8:4 2 Kings 15:29 2 Kings 18:10–12 2 Chronicles 28:6 Amos 6:1

2 Kings 14:25–27 · BSB

This Jeroboam restored the boundary of Israel from Lebo-hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word that the LORD, the God of Israel, had spoken through His servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath-…

Isaiah 8:4 · BSB

For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”

2 Kings 15:29 · BSB

In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as cap…

2 Kings 18:10–12 · BSB

And at the end of three years, the Assyrians captured it. So Samaria was captured in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel.

2 Chronicles 28:6 · BSB

For in one day Pekah son of Remaliah killed 120,000 valiant men in Judah. This happened because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers.

Amos 6:1 · BSB

Woe to those at ease in Zion and those secure on Mount Samaria, the distinguished ones of the foremost nation, to whom the house of Israel comes.

Also

Isaiah 9:9

Isaiah 9:9 · BSB

All the people will know it— Ephraim and the dwellers of Samaria. With pride and arrogance of heart they will say:

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2Behold, the Lord has one who is strong and mighty. Like a hailstorm or destructive tempest, like a driving rain or flooding downpour, he will smash that crown to the ground.

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