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Like a flood of mighty waters And snared and caught.
overflowing, 14 Therefore hear the word of the LORD,
Who will bring them down to the earth you scornful men,
with His hand.
3 The crown of pride, the drunkards of Who rule this people who are
in Jerusalem,
Ephraim, 15 Because you have said, “We have made
Will be trampled underfoot; a covenant with death,
And the glorious beauty is a fading And with Sheol we are in agreement.
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flower When the overflowing scourge passes
Which is at the head of the verdant through,
valley, It will not come to us,
Like the first fruit before the summer, For we have made lies our refuge,
Which an observer sees; And under falsehood we have hidden
He eats it up while it is still in his hand.
ourselves.”
5 In that day the LORD of hosts will be 16 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD:
For a crown of glory and a diadem of
beauty “Behold, I lay in Zion a stone for
To the remnant of His people, a foundation,
For a spirit of justice to him who sits in
6 A tried stone, a precious cornerstone,
judgment, a sure foundation;
And for strength to those who turn
back the battle at the gate.
But they also have erred through wine,
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And through intoxicating drink are out 28:16 stone for a foundation,…a sure foun-
of the way; dation. The Lord God contrasted the only sure
The priest and the prophet have erred refuge with the false refuge of relying on for-
through intoxicating drink, eigners (v.15).This directly prophesied the com-
They are swallowed up by wine, ing of the Messiah (Matt.21:42;Mark 12:10;Luke
They are out of the way through 20:17;Acts 4:11;Rom.9:33;Eph.2:20;1 Pet.2:6–8;
intoxicating drink; 8:14,15; Ps. 118:22). will not act hastily. The
They err in vision, they stumble in Greek Old Testament interprets this Hebrew
judgment. verb for “hurry” in the sense of “put to shame,”
8 furnishing the basis of the New Testament cita-
For all tables are full of vomit and filth;
No place is clean. tions of this verse (Rom.9:33;10:11;1 Pet.2:6).
“Whom will he teach knowledge?
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And whom will he make to understand
the message? Whoever believes will not act hastily.
Those just weaned from milk? 17 Also I will make justice the measuring
Those just drawn from the breasts?
For precept must be upon precept, And righteousness the plummet;
10 line,
precept upon precept,
Line upon line, line upon line, The hail will sweep away the refuge
Here a little, there a little.” of lies,
And the waters will overflow the hiding
11 For with stammering lips and another place.
tongue 18 Your covenant with death will be
He will speak to this people, annulled,
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To whom He said, “This is the rest with And your agreement with Sheol will not
which stand;
You may cause the weary to rest,” When the overflowing scourge passes
And, “This is the refreshing”; through,
Yet they would not hear.
13 But the word of the LORD was to them, 19 Then you will be trampled down by it.
“Precept upon precept, precept upon As often as it goes out it will take you;
precept, For morning by morning it will pass
Line upon line, line upon line, over,
Here a little, there a little,” And by day and by night;
That they might go and fall backward, It will be a terror just to understand
and be broken the report.”

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