Isaiah 28:3
What does Isaiah 28:3 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 28:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under foot:
KJV
King James Version · 1611The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under foot:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The crown of pride of those who are given up to wine in Ephraim will be crushed under foot;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862By feet trodden down is the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under feet.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under feet;
Context
v.2Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one; as a tempest of hail, a destroying storm, as a tempest of mighty waters overflowing, will he cast down to the earth with the hand.
v.3This passage
v.4and the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be as the first-ripe fig before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Revelation 11:2
And the court which is without the temple leave without, and measure it not; for it hath been given unto the nations: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
- Lamentations 1:15
The Lord hath set at nought all my mighty men in the midst of me; He hath called a solemn assembly against me to crush my young men: The Lord hath trodden as in a winepress the virgin daughter of Judah.
- Daniel 8:13
Then I heard a holy one speaking; and another holy one said unto that certain one who spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the continual burnt-offering, and the transgression that maketh desolate, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?
- Isaiah 25:10
For in this mountain will the hand of Jehovah rest; and Moab shall be trodden down in his place, even as straw is trodden down in the water of the dunghill.
- Isaiah 28:1
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 fat valley of them that are overcome with wine!
- Hebrews 10:29
of how much sorer punishment, think ye, shall he be judged worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant wherewith he was sanctified an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
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