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Isaiah 28:3-5
Common English Bible

3 The majestic garland of Ephraim’s drunks
    will be trampled underfoot.
4     The withered flower, which is a thing of beauty[a]
        as it sits on the head of those bloated with fat,[b]
        will be like an early fig before the summer harvest:
    whoever sees it swallows it as soon as it is in hand.

5 On that day, the Lord of heavenly forces will be a splendid garland and a beautiful wreath for the people who survive,

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  1. Isaiah 28:4 Heb uncertain
  2. Isaiah 28:4 Or at the head of the fat valley
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Isaiah 28:3-5
New International Version

3 That wreath, the pride of Ephraim’s(A) drunkards,
    will be trampled(B) underfoot.
4 That fading flower, his glorious beauty,
    set on the head of a fertile valley,(C)
will be like figs(D) ripe before harvest—
    as soon as people see them and take them in hand,
    they swallow them.

5 In that day(E) the Lord Almighty
    will be a glorious(F) crown,(G)
a beautiful wreath
    for the remnant(H) of his people.

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