Berean Standard Bible
Isaiah 28:2
2Behold, 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.
Isaiah 28:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.
- New International Version (NIV)See, the Lord has one who is powerful and strong. Like a hailstorm and a destructive wind, like a driving rain and a flooding downpour, he will throw it forcefully to the ground.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Behold, the Lord has one who is mighty and strong; like a storm of hail, a destroying tempest, like a storm of mighty, overflowing waters, he casts down to the earth with his hand.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Behold, the Lord has a mighty and strong one, Like a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, Like a flood of mighty waters overflowing, Who will bring them down to the earth with His hand.
Context of Isaiah 28:2
1Woe 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. 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. 3The majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards will be trampled underfoot. 4The 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.
Read all of Isaiah 28Isaiah 28:2 word by word
הִנֵּ֨ה חָזָ֤ק וְאַמִּץ֙ לַֽאדֹנָ֔י כְּזֶ֥רֶם בָּרָ֖ד שַׂ֣עַר קָ֑טֶב כְּ֠זֶרֶם מַ֣יִם כַּבִּירִ֥ים שֹׁטְפִ֛ים הִנִּ֥יחַ לָאָ֖רֶץ בְּיָֽד׃Read the interlinear
- Beholdהִנֵּהhinnêh · beholdH2009
- the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
- strongחָזָקchâzâq · strongH2389
- and mightyאַמִּיץ'ammîyts 'ammits · strongH533
- Like a hailstormזֶ֫רֶםzerem · stormH2230
- Like a hailstormבָּרָדbârâd · hailH1259
- or destructiveקֶ֫טֶבqeţeb · destructionH6986
- tempestשַׂ֫עַרώa‛ar · stormH8178
- like a driving rainמַיmayim · waterH4325
- or flooding downpourכַּבִּירkabbîyr · mightyH3524
- or flooding downpourשָׁטַףshâţaph · to overflowH7857
- he will smashנוּחַnûach · to restH5117
- he will smashיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
- to the groundאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
Cross-references for Isaiah 28:2
- Isaiah 9:9All the people will know it— Ephraim and the dwellers of Samaria. With pride and arrogance of heart they will say:
- Isaiah 27:1In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent—Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea.
- Ezekiel 30:10This is what the Lord GOD says: I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
- Isaiah 28:15For 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.”
- Isaiah 8:7the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates— the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.
- Isaiah 25:4For You have been a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like rain against a wall,
- Isaiah 29:6you will be visited by the LORD of Hosts with thunder and earthquake and loud noise, with windstorm and tempest and consuming flame of fire.
- Isaiah 30:30And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.
- Ezekiel 13:11tell those whitewashing the wall that it will fall. Rain will come in torrents, I will send hailstones plunging down, and a windstorm will burst forth.
- Nahum 1:8But with an overwhelming flood He will make an end of Nineveh and pursue His enemies into darkness.
- Matthew 7:25The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock.
- Revelation 18:8Therefore her plagues will come in one day— death and grief and famine— and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”
Commentaries on Isaiah 28:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Behold the Lord hath a mighty and strong one "Behold the mighty one, the exceedingly strong one" - לאדני אמץ ammits ladonai, fortis Domino, i.e., fortissimmus, a Hebraism. For לאדני ladonai, to the Lord, thirty-eight MSS. Of Dr. Kennicott's and many of De Rossi's, with some of my own, and two editions, read ליהוה laihovah, to Jehovah.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one - The Hebrew of this passage is, Lo! there is to the Lord (לאדני la'donāy ) mighty and strong.‘ Lowth renders it, Behold the mighty one, the exceedingly strong one,‘ And supposes that it means the Lord himself. It is evident, however, that something must be understood as being that which the Lord hath,‘ for the Hebrew properly implies that there is something strong and mighty which is under his control, and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2the Lord has one who is: The covenant God will act against his own people, whose behavior had effectively disqualified them as God’s people (see Hosea 1:9). one who is strong and mighty: This refers to the Assyrians, who destroyed Samaria in 722 BC.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. strong one--the Assyrian (Is 10:5). cast down--namely, Ephraim (Is 28:1) and Samaria, its crown. with ... hand--with violence (Is 8:11).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 28
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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