Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Woe
to the majestic
crown of Ephraim’s
drunkards ,
to
the fading flower of his glorious
splendor
, set
on the summit
above
the fertile
valley ,
the pride
of those
overcome
by
wine.
Wo
`
to '
the proud
crown of the
drunkards of
Ephraim.
And
the fading flower of the
beauty
of
his glory
, That
`is'
on the head
of
the fat
valley of
the broken
down
of wine.
Behold
, the
Lord
has
one who
is strong
and
mighty.
Like
a hailstorm
or
destructive tempest
, like
a
driving
rain
or
flooding
downpour
, he will
smash
that
crown
to the ground
.
Lo
, a
mighty
and
strong
one `
is '
to
the
Lord,
As
a storm
of
hail
--
a
destructive shower
, As
an
inundation
of
mighty
waters
overflowing
, He cast
down
to the earth
with
the
hand
.
The majestic
crown of Ephraim’s
drunkards will
be
trampled
underfoot.
By
feet
trodden
down
is
the proud
crown of the
drunkards of
Ephraim,
The fading flower of his beautiful
splendor,
set
on the summit
above
the fertile
valley, will
be
like
a
ripe
fig
before the
summer harvest:
Whoever
sees
it
will
take
it in his hand and
swallow
it.
And
the fading flower of the
beauty
of
his glory
That
`is'
on the head
of
the fat
valley, Hath
been
as
its
first-fruit
before summer ,
That
its
beholder
seeth,
While
it `is'
yet
in his hand he
swalloweth
it.
On
that day the
LORD
of Hosts will
be
a crown of glory
, a diadem of splendor
to the remnant of His people ,
In
that day is
Jehovah
of Hosts For
a crown of beauty
, and
for
a diadem of glory,
To the remnant of His people .
a spirit of justice
to him who sits
in judgment, and a
strength
to those who
repel
the onslaught
at
the gate.
And
for
a spirit of judgment
To him who is
sitting
in the
judgment, And for
might
`
to '
those turning
back
the battle
to
the gate.
These also
stagger
from
wine and stumble
from
strong drink :
Priests
and prophets
reel
from
strong drink and
are
befuddled
by
wine .
They stumble
because of strong drink, muddled
in
their
visions
and
stumbling
in their
judgments
.
And
even
these through
wine have
erred,
And through
strong drink have
wandered,
Priest
and prophet
erred
through
strong drink ,
They
have
been
swallowed
up
of
the
wine ,
They wandered
because of the
strong drink, They
have
erred
in seeing,
They
have
stumbled
judicially
.
For all their
tables are
covered
with
vomit ;
there
is
not
a
place
without
filth .
For all tables have
been
full
of
vomit ,
Filth --
without
place!
Whom is
He trying
to
teach? To
whom is
He explaining
His
message?
To infants
just
weaned from milk ?
To
babies
removed from the
breast?
By
whom doth
He teach knowledge
? And
by
whom doth
He cause
to understand
the
report?
The
weaned from milk ,
the
removed from breasts,
For they
hear:
“Order
on order
, order
on order
, line on line, line on line ;
a little here, a little there .”
For rule
`is'
on rule
, rule
on rule
, line on line, line on line ,
A little here, a little there ,
Indeed
, with
mocking
lips
and foreign
tongues
, He will
speak to
this people
For
by
scorned
lip
, and by
another
tongue
, Doth
He speak unto
this people .
to
whom He has
said :
“
This is the place
of
rest, let
the weary rest;
this is
the place
of
repose.”
But
they would
not listen.
Unto
whom He hath
said ,
`
This `
is '
the rest, give
ye
rest
to
the weary ,
And
this --
the refreshing:'
And
they have
not been
willing
to
hear,
Then
the
word of the
LORD
to
them
will
become:
“Order
on order
, order
on order
, line on line, line on line ;
a little here, a little there, ”
so that they will
go stumbling
backward and will
be
injured
, ensnared
, and captured.
And
to
whom
a
word of Jehovah
hath
been,
Rule
on rule
, rule
on rule
, line on line, line on line ,
A little here, a little there, So that they go and
have
stumbled
backward ,
And been
broken
, and
snared
, and captured.
Therefore hear the
word of the
LORD
, O
scoffers
who
rule
this people in Jerusalem.
Therefore ,
hear a
word of Jehovah
, ye
men
of
scorning,
Ruling
this people that
`is'
in Jerusalem.
For
you
said ,
“
We have made a covenant with death ;
we have fashioned
an agreement
with
Sheol.
When
the
overwhelming
scourge passes
through
it will
not touch
us, because
we have made lies
our refuge and falsehood our
hiding
place
. ”
Because
ye
have
said :
`
We have made a covenant with death ,
And
with
Sheol
we have made
a
provision,
An overflowing
scourge ,
when
it passeth
over,
Doth
not meet
us, Though
we have made a
lie
our refuge ,
And in
falsehood have
been
hidden
. '
So
this
is
what
the Lord GOD
says
: “See
, I lay
a stone
in Zion, a tested
stone, a precious cornerstone
, a sure
foundation ;
the
one
who believes
will
never
be
shaken
.
Therefore,
thus
said
the Lord Jehovah
: `Lo
, I am
laying
a foundation
in Zion, A stone --
a
tried
stone
, a corner
stone
precious, a settled
foundation ,
He
who is
believing
doth
not
make
haste
.
I will
make
justice
the
measuring
line and righteousness the
level.
Hail
will
sweep away your
refuge of lies, and water
will
flood
your
hiding place.
And
I have
put
judgment
for
a
line ,
And righteousness for
a
plummet,
And
sweep away doth
hail
the
refuge of lies, And the
secret
hiding -
place do
waters
overflow
.
Your covenant with death will
be
dissolved
, and your agreement
with Sheol will
not stand .
When
the
overwhelming
scourge passes
through
, you
will
be
trampled
by
it.
And
disannulled
hath
been
your covenant with death, And your provision
with Sheol doth
not stand ,
An
overflowing
scourge, when
it passeth
over,
Then
ye
have
been
to
it
for
a
treading-place
.
As
often
as
it
passes
through,
it will
carry
you away;
it
will
sweep
through
morning after
morning, by day and by night .”
The understanding
of
this
message
will
bring
sheer
terror
.
From
the
fulness
of
its
passing
over
it taketh
you ,
For
morning by
morning it
passeth
over
, By day and by night ,
And
it
hath
been
only
a
trembling
to
consider
the report
.
Indeed,
the bed is
too
short
to stretch out on
, and the blanket
too
small
to wrap around
you
.
For
shorter
hath
been
the bed Than
to stretch one's
self
out in
, And the covering
hath
been
narrower
Than
to wrap one's
self
up
in
.
For the
LORD
will
rise
up
as at Mount Perazim .
He
will
rouse
Himself
as in
the Valley of
Gibeon, to do His work ,
His
strange work, and to perform
His task,
His disturbing
task
.
For as `
at '
mount Perazim rise
doth
Jehovah,
As `at'
the valley in
Gibeon He
is
troubled
, To do His work --
strange `is'
His
work, And to do
His deed
--
strange
`is'
His deed
. '
So
now, do
not mock
, or
your shackles
will
become
heavier.
Indeed
, I have heard from
the Lord GOD
of Hosts a
decree
of
destruction
against
the whole
land.
And
now, show
not yourselves
scorners
, Lest
strong
be
your bands
, For
a
consumption,
that
is
determined,
I have heard ,
by
the Lord ,
Jehovah
of Hosts ,
`Is'
for
all
the land.
Listen
and hear my voice .
Pay
attention
and hear what
I
say.
Give
ear,
and hear my voice ,
Attend,
and hear my
saying:
Does
the plowman
plow
for
planting
every
day? Does
he continuously
loosen
and harrow
the
soil?
The whole
day plougheth
the
ploughman
to
sow
? He openeth
and harroweth
his
ground!
When
he has
leveled
its
surface
, does
he not
sow
caraway
and scatter
cumin?
He
plants
wheat in
rows
and barley in
plots
, and rye
within
its border .
Hath
he not
, if
he have
made
level
its
face,
Then
scattered
fitches,
and cummin
sprinkle,
And
hath
placed
the
principal
wheat ,
And the
appointed
barley, And the
rie
`in'
its own
border ?
For his God instructs
and
teaches
him properly
.
And
instruct
him
for judgment
doth
his God ,
He
doth
direct
him.
Surely
caraway
is
not threshed
with a sledge
, and the wheel of a cart is
not
rolled
over
the
cumin.
But
caraway
is
beaten
out
with a stick
, and cumin
with a rod.
For
not with a sharp-pointed
thing
threshed
are
fitches
, And the wheel of a cart on
cummin
turned
round,
For
with a staff
beaten
out
are
fitches
, And cummin
with a rod.
Grain
for
bread must
be
ground,
but
it
is not endlessly
threshed.
Though
the
wheels
of the
cart roll
over
it
, the
horses
do not
crush
it.
Bread -`corn'
is beaten
small,
For
not for
ever
doth
he
sorely
thresh
it,
Nor
crushed
`it'
hath
a
wheel
of his
cart, Nor
do his
hoofs
beat
it small
.
This also
comes
from the
LORD
of Hosts, who
is
wonderful
in
counsel and
excellent
in
wisdom .
Even
this from Jehovah
of Hosts hath
gone
out
, He
hath
made
counsel wonderful,
He
hath
made
wisdom great!
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