Isaiah 28:3

Isaiah 28:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:
• New International Version (NIV)That wreath, the pride of Ephraim’s drunkards, will be trampled underfoot.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim will be trodden underfoot;
• New King James Version (NKJV)The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, Will be trampled underfoot;

Context of Isaiah 28:3

1It will be very bad for Ephraim's beautiful city, Samaria! The people who live there drink too much wine and they become drunk. They are proud of their great city. It is on a hill above a valley where many good things grow. It is like a beautiful flower, but it will be beautiful no more and it will die. 2Look! The Lord God is sending a strong and powerful army to attack it. It comes like a strong storm of ice. Its wind destroys everything. It is like rain that pours down and causes a flood. He will knock down Ephraim's great city to the ground with his great power! The drunk people of Samaria think that their city is great. But their enemies will knock it down and walk all over it. 4The city is like a beautiful flower that will soon die. It is on a hill above a valley where many good things grow. But it will be like a fig on a tree. It is ready to eat before the harvest time. When someone sees it, he will quickly pick it. And he will eat it! 5At that time. the Lord Almighty will be a great leader of his people. He will be like a beautiful crown for his people who still remain alive.

Isaiah 28:3 word by word

בְּרַגְלַ֖יִם תֵּֽרָמַ֑סְנָה עֲטֶ֥רֶת גֵּא֖וּת שִׁכּוֹרֵ֥י אֶפְרָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The crownעֲטָרָה‛ăţârâh · crownH5850
• of prideגֵּאוּתgê'ûth · majestyH1348
• the drunkardsשִׁכֹּרshikkôr shikkôr · drunkenH7910
• of Ephraimאֶפְרַ֫יִם'ephrayim · EphraimH669
• shall be troddenרָמַסrâmas · to trampleH7429
• under feetרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272

Cross-references for Isaiah 28:3

• Isaiah 28:1It will be very bad for Ephraim's beautiful city, Samaria! The people who live there drink too much wine and they become drunk. They are proud of their great city. It is on a hill above a valley where many good things grow. It is like a beautiful flower, but it will be beautiful no more and it will die.
• Isaiah 25:10The Lord's power will bless this mountain. He will knock down Moab's people and he will walk all over them. He will walk on them, as if they are straw in a heap of dung.
• Isaiah 26:6The poor people and the helpless people will walk all over it.
• 2 Kings 9:33Jehu shouted to them, ‘Throw her down!’ So they threw her down. When she hit the ground, some of her blood splashed on the wall. It also splashed on Jehu's horses as he drove them over her body.
• Lamentations 1:15The Lord has let the enemy beat all our strong men. He brought a big army to fight our young men, and the enemy won that fight. The Lord God has punished us, like people walk on grapes to break them. He has let the enemy destroy the people of Judah.
• Daniel 8:13Then I heard two angels as they talked to each other. One angel asked, ‘How long will the things in this vision continue to happen? How long will this disgusting thing stop the sacrifices each day? How long will it stand against God and stamp on his temple and his army?’
• Hebrews 10:29So think about a person who has turned against the Son of God. That person's punishment will surely be much worse! He says that Christ's sacrifice has no value for him. He has made God's new agreement seem like something bad. It was Christ's death on the cross that made that person clean, so that he belonged to God. But now that person has insulted God's Spirit, who brings God's kind help to us.
• Revelation 11:2But do not measure the yard that is outside God's house. Do not measure it, because God has given that yard to Gentiles who do not believe in him. They will stamp all over God's own city for 42 months and they will destroy it.

Commentaries on Isaiah 28:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim "The proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim" - I read עטרות ataroth, crowns, plural, to agree with the verb תרמסנה teramasnah, "shall be trodden down."Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-29The glory of Samaria, capital of the northern kingdom of Israel, is here contrasted with the glory of the Lord. This section represents the first of the six woes (Woe to...).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. crown ... the drunkards--rather, "the crown of the drunkards."Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 28:3

• Drunkard
• Drunkenness
• Isaiah
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Pride
• Wine

In the dictionaries

• Ephraim
• Ephraim, Ephraimite
• Battle
• Diadem
• Doctrine
• Foundation
• Hasty
• Refuge
• Rod
• Short

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