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Isaiah 28:2

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28:2Look, the sovereign master5 sends a strong, powerful one.6

With the force of a hailstorm or a destructive windstorm,7

with the might of a driving, torrential rainstorm,8

he will knock that crown9 to the ground with his hand.10

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Footnotes

  1. 5 The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here and in vv. 16, 22 is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).
  2. 6 Heb “Look, a strong and powerful [one] belongs to the Lord.”
  3. 7 Heb “like a rainstorm of hail, a wind of destruction.”
  4. 8 Heb “like a rainstorm of mighty, overflowing waters.”
  5. 9 The words “that crown” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The object of the verb is unexpressed in the Hebrew text.
  6. 10 Or “by [his] power.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Look, the Lord has a strong and mighty one—

like a devastating hail storm,

like a storm with strong flooding water.

He will bring it across the land with his hand.

NLTNew Living Translation

For the Lord will send a mighty army against it.

Like a mighty hailstorm and a torrential rain,

they will burst upon it like a surging flood

and smash it to the ground.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Look! The Lord has a mighty and strong one,

like a rainstorm of hail, a wind storm of destruction,

like a rainstorm of mighty overflowing waters,

he will put them to the earth with his hand.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.