Isaiah

¹ Woe to the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim, And to the fading flower of its glorious beauty, Which is at the head of the fertile valley Of those who are overcome with wine!

² As a storm of hail, a tempest of destruction, Like a storm of mighty overflowing waters, He has set it down to the earth with His hand.

⁴ Which is at the head of the fertile valley, Will be like the first‑ripe fig prior to summer, Which one sees, And as soon as it is in his hand, He swallows it.

⁵ And a glorious diadem to the remnant of His people;

⁶ A might to those who turn back the onslaught at the gate.

⁷ The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink; They are swallowed up by wine, they stagger from strong drink; They reel while having visions; They totter when rendering a verdict.

⁹ And whom would He provide understanding about the report? Those just weaned from milk? Those just taken from the breast?

¹⁰ ‘Order on order, order on order, Line on line, line on line, A little here, a little there.’”

¹¹ Through stammering lips and a foreign tongue,

¹² And, “Here is repose,” but they would not listen.

¹³ “Order on order, order on order, Line on line, line on line, A little here, a little there,” That they may go and stumble backward, be broken, snared, and taken captive.

¹⁴ Therefore, hear the word of Yahweh, O scoffers, Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem,

¹⁵ And with Sheol we have made a pact. The overflowing scourge will not reach us when it passes by, For we have made falsehood our refuge and we have hidden ourselves with lying.”

¹⁶ A costly cornerstone for the foundation, firmly placed. He who believes in it will not be disturbed.

¹⁷ And righteousness the level; Then hail will sweep away the refuge of falsehood, And the waters will overflow the secret place.

¹⁸ And your pact with Sheol will not stand; When the overflowing scourge passes through, Then you will become its trampling place.

¹⁹ For morning after morning it will pass through, anytime during the day or night, And it will be sheer terror to understand the report.”

²⁰ And the blanket is too narrow to wrap oneself in.

²¹ He will be stirred up as in the valley of Gibeon, To work His work, His unusual work, And to labor in His labor, His exceptional labor.

²² Lest your fetters be made stronger; For I have heard from Lord Yahweh of hosts Of complete destruction, one that is decreed, on all the earth.

²³ Pay attention and hear my words.

²⁴ Does he continually turn and harrow his ground?

²⁵ And sow dill and scatter cumin And plant wheat in rows, Barley in its place and rye within its area?

²⁷ Nor is the wheel of a cart driven over cumin; But dill is beaten out with a staff, and cumin with a rod.

²⁸ But he does not continue to thresh it forever. Because the wheel of his cart and his horses eventually disturb it, He does not crush it longer.

²⁹ Who has made His counsel wonderful and His wisdom great.