1Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s 28:1 That is, the northern kingdom of Israel; also in verse 3 drunkards,
2Behold, the Lord has one
3The majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards
4The fading flower of his beautiful splendor,
5On that day the LORD of Hosts will be a crown of glory,
6a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment,
7These also stagger from wine
8For all their tables are covered with vomit;
9Whom is He trying to teach?
10For they hear:28:10 Or For He says; or For it is; literally For
11Indeed, with mocking lips and foreign tongues,
12to whom He has said:
13Then the word of the LORD to them will become:
14Therefore hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers
15For you said, “We have made a covenant with death;
16So this is what the Lord GOD says:
17I will make justice the measuring line
18Your covenant with death will be dissolved,
19As often as it passes through,
20Indeed, the bed is too short to stretch out on,
21For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim.
22So now, do not mock,
23Listen and hear my voice.
24Does the plowman plow for planting every day?
25When he has leveled its surface,
26For his God instructs
27Surely caraway is not threshed with a sledge,
28Grain for bread must be ground,
29This also comes from the LORD of Hosts,