Berean Standard Bible

Isaiah 28:7-19

7TheseH428 alsoH1571 staggerH7686 from wineH3196 and stumbleH8582 from strong drinkH7941: PriestsH3548 and prophetsH5030 reelH7686 from strong drinkH7941 and are befuddledH1104 byH4480 wineH3196. They stumbleH8582 because ofH4480 strong drinkH7941, muddledH7686 in their visionsH7203 and stumblingH6328 in their judgmentsH6417.8ForH3588 allH3605 their tablesH7979 are coveredH4390 with vomitH6892; there is not a placeH4725 withoutH1097 filthH6675.

9 WhomH4310 is He trying to teachH3384 H1844 ?To whomH4310 is He explainingH995 His messageH8052?To infants just weanedH1580 from milkH2461?To babies removedH6267 from the breastH7699?10ForH3588 they hear:1“OrderH6673 on orderH6673, orderH6673 on orderH6673,lineH6957 on lineH6957, lineH6957 on lineH6957;2a littleH2191 hereH8033, a littleH2191 thereH8033.”11IndeedH3588, with mockingH3934 lipsH8193 and foreignH312 tonguesH3956,He will speakH1696 toH413 thisH2088 peopleH5971 3 12to whomH834 He has saidH559 :“ThisH2063 is the place of restH4496, let the wearyH5889 restH5117;thisH2063 is the place of reposeH4774.”

But they wouldH14 notH3808 listenH8085.

13Then the wordH1697 of the LORDH3068 to them will becomeH1961:“OrderH6673 on orderH6673, orderH6673 on orderH6673,lineH6957 on lineH6957, lineH6957 on lineH6957;a littleH2191 hereH8033, a littleH2191 thereH8033,”so thatH4616 they will goH1980 stumblingH3782 backwardH268and will be injuredH7665, ensnaredH3369, and capturedH3920.

14ThereforeH3651 hearH8085 the wordH1697 of the LORDH3068, OH582 scoffersH3944who ruleH4910 thisH2088 peopleH5971 in JerusalemH3389.15ForH3588 you saidH559, “We have madeH3772 a covenantH1285 withH854 deathH4194;we have fashionedH6213 an agreementH2374 H7885 withH5973 SheolH7585.WhenH3588 the overwhelming scourgeH7857 passes throughH5674it will notH3808 touch usH935,becauseH3588 we have madeH7760 liesH3577 our refugeH4268and falsehoodH8267 4 our hiding placeH5641.”

16SoH3651 this is whatH3541 the LordH136 GODH3069 saysH559:

“SeeH2005, I layH3245 a stoneH68 in ZionH6726,a testedH976 stoneH68,a preciousH3368 cornerstoneH6438, a sureH3245 foundationH4143;the one who believesH539 will neverH3808 be shakenH2363.517I will makeH7760 justiceH4941 the measuring lineH6957and righteousnessH6666 the levelH4949.HailH1259 will sweep awayH3261 your refugeH4268 of liesH3577,and waterH4325 will floodH7857 your hiding placeH5643.18Your covenantH1285 withH854 deathH4194 will be dissolvedH3722,and your agreementH2380 withH854 SheolH7585 will notH3808 standH6965.WhenH3588 the overwhelmingH7857 scourgeH7752 passes throughH5674,you will beH1961 trampled by itH4823.19As often asH1767 it passes throughH5674,it will carry you awayH3947 ;it will sweep throughH5674 morningH1242 after morningH1242,by dayH3117 and by nightH3915 H1961.”

The understandingH995 of this messageH8052will bring sheerH7535 terrorH2113.

Notes

1. Isaiah 28:10 Or For He says or For it is; literally For ↩
2. Isaiah 28:10 Or Do this, do that, a rule for this, a rule for that; Hebrew sav lasav sav lasav kav lakav kav lakav (possibly meaningless sounds to demonstrate an inability to understand); also in verse 13 ↩
3. Isaiah 28:11 Cited in 1 Corinthians 14:21 ↩
4. Isaiah 28:15 Or false gods ↩
5. Isaiah 28:16 LXX will never be put to shame; cited in Romans 9:33, Romans 10:11, and 1 Peter 2:6 ↩