Isaiah 28:3

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Isaiah 28:1-13

A Denunciation of Drunkenness Isa 28:1-13 The prophet here denounces the drunkards of Ephraim. It has been well said that there is a "dry drunkenness." Men are drunk, but not with wine; sometimes they are drunk with prosperity, with vanity, with evil thoughts, passionate desires. Men may be sober, and yet may be drunk. Men may be total abstainers from wine, and may yet go straight down to hell. This ought to be very clearly understood. Some annotators have thought that reference is here made... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Isaiah 28:1-4

We shall find the best illustration of the things here spoken by reading with it the prophecy of Hosea who had delivered the greater part of his prophecy somewhat about fifty years before this part of Isaiah's ministry. Ephraim, which represents the ten tribes, being settled in Samaria, a rich and flourishing country, waxed fat and kicked, and perverted the Lord's bounties into occasions of sin. The Lord therefore was now preparing an instrument to humble his people, and, in the king of... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 28:1-4

1-4 What men are proud of, be it ever so mean, is to them as a crown; but pride is the forerunner of destruction. How foolishly drunkards act! Those who are overcome with wine are overcome by Satan; and there is not greater drudgery in the world than hard drinking. Their health is ruined; men are broken in their callings and estates, and their families are ruined by it. Their souls are in danger of being undone for ever, and all merely to gratify a base lust. In God's professing people, like... read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Isaiah 28:1-10

Isa_28:1 Isa_35:10 Having recorded this prediction of the gathering from lands of affliction to Jerusalem of a remnant, who shall worship the Lord there, the prophet again reverted to the denunciation of the existing state of the people. And first Ephraim, that is, the ten tribes, came before him verses Isa 28.1-28.13 . They were debased as drunkards and yet wore pride as a crown. Against them the Lord would bring "a mighty and strong one," like a devastating storm or flood doubtless the... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Isaiah 28:1-13

Concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. Chapters 28 to 33 in the Book of Isaiah contain a cycle of prophecies and proclamations concerning the relation of Judah to Assyria in the time of King Hezekiah. Ahaz had sinned in seeking protection against Syria and Israel not in the Lord, but in Assyria, thereby making Assyria a scourge of Judah. Hezekiah, otherwise a pious king, erred in seeking protection against Assyria by appealing to Egypt and entering into an alliance with this heathen nation. All... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Isaiah 28:1-13

THIRD SUBDIVISIONTHE RELATION OF ISRAEL TO ASSYRIA IN THE TIME OF KING HEZEKIAHIsaiah 28-33As Isaiah 7-12, resting on the facts related Isaiah 7:1 sqq., contain the first great cycle of Isaiah’s prophecies, so Isaiah 28-33, which have for their basis the facts narrated in the historical appendix (36–37) contain the second great cycle. Chapters 7–12 depict the relation of Israel to Assyria in the time of Ahaz. Our chapters set forth this relation as it stood in the time of Hezekiah. As the sin... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Isaiah 28:3-4

Isaiah THE JUDGMENT OF DRUNKARDS AND MOCKERS A CROWN OF PRIDE OR A CROWN OF GLORY Isa_28:3 - Isa_28:5 . The reference is probably to Samaria as a chief city of Israel. The image is suggested by the situation of Samaria, high on a hill-side, crowning the valley, and by the rich vegetation and bright flowers which makes it even now one of the few lovely scenes in Palestine; and by the luxurious riot and sensual excess that were always characteristic of the northern kingdom. The destruction of... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Isaiah 28:1-13

the Decay of an Intemperate People Isaiah 28:1-13 A new series of prophecies begins here and extends to Isaiah 32:20 . Samaria is described as a faded crown or garland on the nation’s head because it was disgraced by the national drunkenness. See Amos 4:1 . So corrupted was she by strong drink and its attendant evils that the Assyrian invader would plunder her as a man gathers ripe figs. But to Judah, that is, the remnant , the Lord would be a crown or garland, not of pride but of glory.... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 28:1-29

Here begins the third and last circle of the first division of the book. It consists of a series of prophecies concerning the chosen people and the world. In this chapter we have a graphic revelation of the difficulties with which Isaiah had to contend, and of his unswerving loyalty to truth. It falls into four parts. In the first (verses Isa 28:1-6 ), the prophet announces the judgment on Ephraim. His glorious beauty is to be consumed before the oncoming scourge. This judgment, however, is... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 28:1-4

The First Woe. The Coming Judgment on Ephraim Because of Its Parlous Condition (Isaiah 28:1-4 ). Here Israel is depicted as a drunken festival king, proudly wearing a garland of faded flowers, while sadly unaware of its true condition, who is soon to be dragged down to earth by the Lord’s ‘strong one’. Analysis. a Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley of those who are overcome with wine... read more

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