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1Woe to the proud garland of the drunkards of Ephraim[#vv 3, 4, 7]
and the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
at the head of the fertile valley,
those overcome with wine!
2See, the Lord has one who is mighty and strong,[#Isa 29.6; 30.28, 30; 40.10; Ezek 13.11]
like a storm of hail, a destroying tempest,
like a storm of mighty, overflowing waters;
with force he will hurl them down to the earth.
3Trampled under foot will be[#vv 1, 18]
the proud garland of the drunkards of Ephraim.
4And the fading flower of its glorious beauty,[#Hos 9.10; Mic 7.1; Nah 3.12]
at the head of the fertile valley,
will be like a first-ripe fig before the summer;
whoever sees it eats it up
as soon as it comes to hand.
5On that day the Lord of hosts will be a garland of glory[#Isa 4.2; 41.16; 62.3]
and a diadem of beauty to the remnant of his people
6and a spirit of justice to the one who sits in judgment[#Isa 11.2; 25.4; 32.15]
and strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.
7These also reel with wine[#Prov 20.1; Isa 56.10, 12; Hos 4.11]
and stagger with strong drink;
the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink;
they are confused with wine;
they stagger with strong drink;
they err in vision;
they stumble in giving judgment.
8All tables are covered with filthy vomit;[#Jer 48.26]
no place is clean.
9“Whom will he teach knowledge,[#v 26 ; Ps 131.2; Heb 5.12, 13]
and to whom will he explain the message?
Those who are weaned from milk,
those taken from the breast?
10For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept,[#Neh 9.30]
line upon line, line upon line,
here a little, there a little.”
11Truly, with stammering lip[#1 Cor 14.21]
and with another tongue
he will speak to this people,
12to whom he has said,[#Jer 6.16; Mt 11.28, 29]
“This is rest;
give rest to the weary,
and this is repose,”
yet they would not hear.
13Therefore the word of the Lord will be to them,[#Mt 21.44]
“Precept upon precept, precept upon precept,
line upon line, line upon line,
here a little, there a little,”
in order that they may go and fall backward
and be broken and snared and taken.
14Therefore hear the word of the Lord , you scoffers[#v 22 ; Isa 29.20]
who rule this people in Jerusalem.
15Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death,[#vv 2, 18 ; Isa 29.15; 49.3, 4]
and with Sheol we have an agreement;
when the overwhelming scourge passes through
it will not come to us,
for we have made lies our refuge,
and in falsehood we have taken shelter”;
16therefore thus says the Lord God ,[#Ps 118.22; Mt 21.42; Acts 4.11; Rom 9.33; 10.11; Eph 2.20; 1 Pet 2.4–6]
“See, I am laying in Zion a foundation stone,
a tested stone,
a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation:
‘One who trusts will not panic.’
17And I will make justice the line[#v 2 ; Isa 5.16]
and righteousness the plummet;
hail will sweep away the refuge of lies,
and waters will overwhelm the shelter.
18Then your covenant with death will be annulled,[#v 15]
and your agreement with Sheol will not stand;
when the overwhelming scourge passes through,
you will be beaten down by it.
19As often as it passes through, it will take you,[#Ps 88.15; Isa 50.4; Jer 15.8]
for morning by morning it will pass through,
by day and by night,
and it will be sheer terror to understand the message.”
20For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on it,
and the covering is too narrow to wrap oneself in it.
21For the Lord will rise up as on Mount Perazim;[#Josh 10.10, 12; 2 Sam 5.20, 25; 1 Chr 14.11, 16; Lam 3.33]
he will rage as in the valley of Gibeon
to do his deed—strange is his deed!—
and to work his work—alien is his work!
22Now therefore do not scoff,[#v 14 ; Isa 10.22, 23]
or your bonds will be made stronger,
for I have heard a decree of destruction
from the Lord God of hosts upon the whole land.
23Listen and hear my voice;
Pay attention and hear my speech.
24Do those who plow for sowing plow continually?
Do they continually open and harrow their ground?
25When they have leveled its surface,
do they not scatter dill, sow cumin,
and plant wheat in rows
and barley in its proper place
and spelt as the border?
26For they are well instructed;
their God teaches them.
27For dill is not threshed with a threshing sledge,[#Am 1.3]
nor is a cart wheel rolled over cumin,
but dill is beaten out with a stick
and cumin with a rod.
28Grain is crushed for bread,
but one does not thresh it forever;
one drives the cart wheel and horses over it
but does not pulverize it.
29This also comes from the Lord of hosts;[#Isa 9.6; 31.2; Rom 11.33]
he is wonderful in counsel
and excellent in wisdom.