Isaiah 28:1-4
New American Standard Bible 1995
Ephraim’s Captivity Predicted
28 Woe to the proud crown of the (A)drunkards of (B)Ephraim,
And to the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
Which is at the head of the [a]fertile valley
Of those who are [b]overcome with wine!
2 Behold, the Lord has a strong and (C)mighty agent;
As a storm of (D)hail, a tempest of destruction,
Like a storm of (E)mighty overflowing waters,
He has cast it down to the earth with His hand.
3 The proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim is (F)trodden under foot.
4 And the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
Which is at the head of the [c]fertile valley,
Will be like the (G)first-ripe fig prior to summer,
Which [d]one sees,
And [e]as soon as it is in his [f]hand,
He swallows it.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 28:1 Lit valley of fatness
- Isaiah 28:1 Lit smitten
- Isaiah 28:4 Lit valley of fatness
- Isaiah 28:4 Lit the one seeing sees
- Isaiah 28:4 Lit while it is yet
- Isaiah 28:4 Lit palm
Hosea 9:11-17
New American Standard Bible 1995
11 As for Ephraim, their (A)glory will fly away like a bird—
No birth, no pregnancy and no conception!
12 Though they bring up their children,
Yet I will bereave them [a]until not a man is left.
Yes, (B)woe to them indeed when I depart from them!
13 Ephraim, as I have seen,
Is planted in a pleasant meadow like (C)Tyre;
But Ephraim will bring out his children for slaughter.
14 Give them, O Lord—what will You give?
Give them a (D)miscarrying womb and dry breasts.
15 All their evil is at (E)Gilgal;
Indeed, I came to hate them there!
Because of the (F)wickedness of their deeds
I will drive them out of My house!
I will love them no more;
All their princes are (G)rebels.
16 (H)Ephraim is stricken, their root is dried up,
They will bear (I)no fruit.
Even though they bear children,
I will slay the (J)precious ones of their womb.
17 My God will cast them away
Because they have (K)not listened to Him;
And they will be (L)wanderers among the nations.
Footnotes
- Hosea 9:12 Lit without a man
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