(A)The proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim
    will be trodden underfoot;
(B)and the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
    which is on the head of the rich valley,
will be like (C)a first-ripe fig[a] before the summer:
    when someone sees it, he swallows it
    as soon as it is in his hand.

(D)In that day the Lord of hosts will be a crown of glory,[b]
    and a diadem of beauty, to the remnant of his people,

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 28:4 Or fruit
  2. Isaiah 28:5 The Hebrew words for glory and hosts sound alike

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