Isaiah · Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
Isaiah 28 Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
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1 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower the glory of his joy, who were on the head of the fat valley, staggering with wine.
1 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!
2 Behold the Lord is mighty and strong, as a storm of hail: a destroying whirlwind, as the violence of many waters overflowing, and sent forth upon a spacious land.
2 Behold, the Lord has one who is mighty and strong. Like a storm of hail, a destroying storm, and like a storm of mighty waters overflowing, he will cast them down to the earth with his hand.
3 The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under feet.
3 The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim will be trodden under foot.
4 And the fading flower the glory of his joy, who is on the head of the fat valley, shall be as a hasty fruit before the ripeness of autumn: which when he that seeth it shall behold, as soon as he taketh it in his hand, he will eat it up.
4 The fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fertile valley, shall be like the first-ripe fig before the summer, which someone picks and eats as soon as he sees it.
5 In that day the Lord of hosts shall be a crown of glory, and a garland of joy to the residue of his people:
5 In that day, Yahweh of Armies will become a crown of glory and a diadem of beauty to the residue of his people,
6 And a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and strength to them that return out of the battle to the gate.
6 and a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.
7 But these also have been ignorant through wine, and through drunkenness have erred: the priest and the prophet have been ignorant through drunkenness, they are swallowed up with wine, they have gone astray in drunkenness, they have not known him that seeth, they have been ignorant of judgment.
7 They also reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink. The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink. They are swallowed up by wine. They stagger with strong drink. They err in vision. They stumble in judgment.
8 For all tables were full of vomit and filth, so that there was no more place.
8 For all tables are completely full of filthy vomit and filthiness.
9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand the hearing? them that are weaned from the milk, that are drawn away from the breasts.
9 Whom will he teach knowledge? To whom will he explain the message? Those who are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts?
10 For command, command again; command, command again; expect, expect again; expect, expect again: a little there, a little there.
10 For it is precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little.
11 For with the speech of lips, and with another tongue he will speak to this people.
11 But he will speak to this nation with stammering lips and in another language,
12 To whom he said: This is my rest, refresh the weary, and this is my refreshing: and they would not hear.
12 to whom he said, “This is the resting place. Give rest to the weary,” and “This is the refreshing;” yet they would not hear.
13 And the word of the Lord shall be to them: Command, command again; command, command again: expect, expect again; expect, expect again: a little there, a little there: that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
13 Therefore Yahweh’s word will be to them precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, fall backward, be broken, be snared, and be taken.
14 Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men, who rule over my people that is in Jerusalem.
14 Therefore hear Yahweh’s word, you scoffers, that rule this people in Jerusalem:
15 For you have said: We have entered into a league with death, and we have made a covenant with hell. When the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come upon us: for we have placed our hope in lies, and by falsehood we are protected.
15 “Because you have said, ‘We have made a covenant with death, and we are in agreement with Sheol. When the overflowing scourge passes through, it won’t come to us; for we have made lies our refuge, and we have hidden ourselves under falsehood.’”
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold I will lay a stone in the foundations of Sion, a tried stone, a corner stone, a precious stone, founded in the foundation. He that believeth, let him not hasten.
16 Therefore the Lord Yahweh says, “Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone of a sure foundation. He who believes shall not act hastily.
17 And I will set judgment in weight, and justice in measure: and hail shall overturn the hope of falsehood: and waters shall overflow its protection.
17 I will make justice the measuring line, and righteousness the plumb line. The hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters will overflow the hiding place.
18 And Sour league with death shall be abolished, and your covenant with hell shall not stand: when the overflowing scourge shall pass, you shall be trodden down by it.
18 Your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol shall not stand. When the overflowing scourge passes through, then you will be trampled down by it.
19 Whensoever it shall pass through, it shall take you away: because in the morning early it shall pass through, in the day and in the night, and vexation alone shall make you understand what you hear.
19 As often as it passes through, it will seize you; for morning by morning it will pass through, by day and by night; and it will be nothing but terror to understand the message.”
20 For the bed is straitened, so that one must fall out, and a short covering cannot cover both.
20 For the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket is too narrow to wrap oneself in.
21 For the Lord shall stand up as in the mountain of divisions: he shall be angry as in the valley which is in Gabaon: that he may do his work, his strange work: that he may perform his work, his work is strange to him.
21 For Yahweh will rise up as on Mount Perazim. He will be angry as in the valley of Gibeon; that he may do his work, his unusual work, and bring to pass his act, his extraordinary act.
22 And now do not mock, lest your bonds be tied strait. For I have heard of the Lord the God of hosts a consumption and a cutting short upon all the earth.
22 Now therefore don’t be scoffers, lest your bonds be made strong; for I have heard a decree of destruction from the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, on the whole earth.
23 Give ear, and hear my voice, hearken, and hear my speech.
23 Give ear, and hear my voice! Listen, and hear my speech!
24 Shall the ploughman plough all the day to sow, shall he open and harrow his ground?
24 Does he who plows to sow plow continually? Does he keep turning the soil and breaking the clods?
25 Will he not, when he hath made plain the surface thereof, sow gith, and scatter cummin, and put wheat in order, and barley, and millet, and vetches in their bounds?
25 When he has leveled its surface, doesn’t he plant the dill, and scatter the cumin seed, and put in the wheat in rows, the barley in the appointed place, and the spelt in its place?
26 For he will instruct him in judgment: his God will teach him.
26 For his God instructs him in right judgment and teaches him.
27 For gith shall not be thrashed with saws, neither shall the cart wheel turn about upon cummin: but gith shall be beaten out with a rod, and cummin with a staff.
27 For the dill isn’t threshed with a sharp instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned over the cumin; but the dill is beaten out with a stick, and the cumin with a rod.
28 But bread corn shall be broken small: but the thrasher shall not thrash it for ever, neither shall the cart wheel hurt it, nor break it with its teeth.
28 Bread flour must be ground; so he will not always be threshing it. Although he drives the wheel of his threshing cart over it, his horses don’t grind it.
29 This also is come forth from the Lord God of hosts, to make his counsel wonderful, and magnify justice.
29 This also comes out from Yahweh of Armies, who is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in wisdom.
Cross references (29)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Hosea 7:5; Isaiah 28:7; Isaiah 28:3–4; 2 Kings 14:25–27; Isaiah 5:22
- 2 Isaiah 30:30; Ezekiel 13:11; Nahum 1:8; Isaiah 27:1; Isaiah 29:6
- 3 Isaiah 26:6; Hebrews 10:29; Isaiah 28:1; Daniel 8:13; Revelation 11:2
- 4 Nahum 3:12; Micah 7:1; Hosea 6:4; Isaiah 28:1; Psalm 73:19–20
- 5 1 Peter 5:4; Isaiah 62:3; Isaiah 60:19; Romans 11:5–6; Psalm 90:16–17
- 6 Psalm 18:32–34; John 5:30; Numbers 11:16–17; Joshua 1:9; Isaiah 11:2–4
- 7 Isaiah 56:10–12; Luke 21:34; Micah 2:11; Isaiah 19:14; Ecclesiastes 10:17
- 8 Jeremiah 48:26; Proverbs 26:11; Habakkuk 2:15–16
- 9 Psalm 131:2; Jeremiah 6:10; John 12:38; Matthew 11:25; Matthew 21:15–16
- 10 Isaiah 28:13; 2 Timothy 3:7; Jeremiah 11:7; Jeremiah 25:3–7; Nehemiah 9:29–30
- 11 1 Corinthians 14:21; Deuteronomy 28:49; Jeremiah 5:15; Isaiah 33:19
- 12 Matthew 11:28–29; Isaiah 30:15; Jeremiah 6:16; Isaiah 11:10; Jeremiah 44:16
- 13 Matthew 13:14; Isaiah 6:9–10; 2 Peter 3:16; Isaiah 28:10; Isaiah 8:14–15
- 14 Isaiah 28:22; Isaiah 1:10; Isaiah 29:20; Acts 13:41; Hosea 7:5
- 15 Isaiah 8:7–8; Hosea 2:18; Daniel 11:22; Ecclesiastes 8:8; Jeremiah 5:31
- 16 Psalm 118:22; Acts 4:11–12; 1 Peter 2:6–8; Luke 20:17–18; Romans 9:33
- 17 2 Kings 21:13; Revelation 16:21; Amos 7:7–9; Romans 2:5; Romans 2:2
- 18 Isaiah 7:7; Isaiah 8:10; Isaiah 28:15; Malachi 4:1–3; Isaiah 28:3
- 19 Habakkuk 3:16; Jeremiah 19:3; Isaiah 33:7; Daniel 8:27; 2 Kings 24:2
- 20 1 Corinthians 1:18–31; Isaiah 64:6; Romans 9:30–32; Jeremiah 7:8–10; Isaiah 59:5–6
- 21 1 Chronicles 14:11; Joshua 10:12; 2 Samuel 5:20; Joshua 10:10; 2 Samuel 5:25
- 22 Isaiah 10:22–23; Isaiah 24:1–23; Luke 21:24; Lamentations 1:14; Jeremiah 15:17
- 23 Isaiah 1:2; Jeremiah 22:29; Deuteronomy 32:1; Revelation 2:14; Revelation 2:11
- 24 Hosea 10:11–12; Jeremiah 4:3
- 25 Ezekiel 4:9; Matthew 23:23; Exodus 9:31–32
- 26 Exodus 36:2; Exodus 31:3–6; James 1:17; Job 35:11; Psalm 144:1
- 27 Isaiah 41:15; Isaiah 27:7–8; Jeremiah 10:24; Jeremiah 46:28; 2 Kings 13:7
- 28 Amos 9:9; Isaiah 21:10; Matthew 13:37–43; Matthew 3:12; 1 Corinthians 3:9
- 29 Romans 11:33; Job 5:9; Jeremiah 32:19; Isaiah 9:6; Psalm 92:5
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
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