149 lines
4.3 KiB
Markdown
149 lines
4.3 KiB
Markdown
Judgment on Ephraim and Jerusalem
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# Chapter 28
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1. Ah, the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim,
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and the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
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which is on the head of the rich valley of those overcome with wine!
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2. Behold,
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the Lord has one who is mighty and strong;
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like a storm of hail, a destroying tempest,
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like a storm of mighty, overflowing waters,
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he casts down to the earth with his hand.
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3. The proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim
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will be trodden underfoot;
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and the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
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which is on the head of the rich valley,
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will be like a first-ripe fig before the summer:
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when someone sees it, he swallows it
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as soon as it is in his hand.
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5. In that day the LORD of hosts will be a crown of glory,
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and a diadem of beauty, to the remnant of his people,
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6. and a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment,
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and strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.
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7. These also reel with wine
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and stagger with strong drink;
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the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink,
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they are swallowed by wine,
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they stagger with strong drink,
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they reel in vision,
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they stumble in giving judgment.
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8. For all tables are full of filthy vomit,
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with no space left.
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9. "To whom will he teach knowledge,
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and to whom will he explain the message?
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Those who are weaned from the milk,
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those taken from the breast?
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10. For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept,
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line upon line, line upon line,
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here a little, there a little."
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11. For by people of strange lips
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and with a foreign tongue
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the LORD will speak to this people,
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12. to whom he has said,
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"This is rest;
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give rest to the weary;
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and this is repose";
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yet they would not hear.
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13. And the word of the LORD will be to them
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precept upon precept, precept upon precept,
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line upon line, line upon line,
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here a little, there a little,
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that they may go, and fall backward,
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and be broken, and snared, and taken.
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A Cornerstone in Zion
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14. Therefore hear the word of the LORD, you scoffers,
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who rule this people in Jerusalem!
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15. Because you have said, "We have made a covenant with death,
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and with Sheol we have an agreement,
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when the overwhelming whip passes through
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it will not come to us,
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for we have made lies our refuge,
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and in falsehood we have taken shelter";
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16. therefore thus says
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the Lord God,
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"Behold, I am the one who has laid as a foundation in Zion,
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a stone, a tested stone,
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a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation:
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'Whoever believes will not be in haste.'
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17. And I will make justice the line,
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and righteousness the plumb line;
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and hail will sweep away the refuge of lies,
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and waters will overwhelm the shelter."
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18. Then your covenant with death will be annulled,
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and your agreement with Sheol will not stand;
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when the overwhelming scourge passes through,
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you will be beaten down by it.
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19. As often as it passes through it will take you;
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for morning by morning it will pass through,
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by day and by night;
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and it will be sheer terror to understand the message.
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20. For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on,
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and the covering too narrow to wrap oneself in.
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21. For the LORD will rise up as on Mount Perazim;
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as in the Valley of Gibeon he will be roused;
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to do his deed--strange is his deed!
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and to work his work--alien is his work!
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22. Now therefore do not scoff,
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lest your bonds be made strong;
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for I have heard a decree of destruction
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from
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the Lord God of hosts against the whole land.
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23. Give ear, and hear my voice;
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give attention, and hear my speech.
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24. Does he who plows for sowing plow continually?
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Does he continually open and harrow his ground?
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25. When he has leveled its surface,
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does he not scatter dill, sow cumin,
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and put in wheat in rows
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and barley in its proper place,
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and emmer as the border?
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26. For he is rightly instructed;
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his God teaches him.
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27. Dill is not threshed with a threshing sledge,
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nor is a cart wheel rolled over cumin,
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but dill is beaten out with a stick,
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and cumin with a rod.
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28. Does one crush grain for bread?
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No, he does not thresh it forever;
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when he drives his cart wheel over it
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with his horses, he does not crush it.
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29. This also comes from the LORD of hosts;
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he is wonderful in counsel
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and excellent in wisdom.
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