Isaiah 28:1–7

*Woe to athe crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim,

Whose bglorious beauty is a fading flower,

bWhich are con the head of the fat valleys of them that are †overcome with wine!

2  Behold, the Lord hath da mighty and strong one,

Which as a tempest of ehail and a fdestroying gstorm,

As a flood of hmighty waters goverflowing,

Shall icast down to the earth with the hand.

3  aThe crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim,

Shall be trodden †under feet:

4  And bthe glorious beauty, bwhich is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower,

And as kthe hasty fruit before the summer;

Which when he that looketh upon it seeth,

While it is yet in his hand he †eateth it up.

5  lIn that day shall the Lord of hosts be for ma crown of glory,

And for a diadem of bbeauty, unto the residue of his people,

6  And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment,

And for strength to them that turn the battle nto the gate.

7  But they also ohave erred through wine, and pthrough strong drink are out of the way;

qThe priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink,

They are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink;

They err in vision, they stumble in rjudgment.