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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.
The garland of the pride of the drunkards of Ephraim
    will be trampled[a] by feet,
and the withering flower of the glory of its beauty
    which is at the head of the rich valley[b]
will be like its early fig before summer,
    which the one who sees it swallows[c] while it is still in his hand.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 28:3 The Hebrew is plural
  2. Isaiah 28:4 Literally “a valley of fat”
  3. Isaiah 28:4 Literally “Which, when the one who sees it sees it, he swallows it”

See, the Lord has one who is powerful(A) and strong.
    Like a hailstorm(B) and a destructive wind,(C)
like a driving rain and a flooding(D) downpour,
    he will throw it forcefully to the ground.
That wreath, the pride of Ephraim’s(E) drunkards,
    will be trampled(F) underfoot.
That fading flower, his glorious beauty,
    set on the head of a fertile valley,(G)
will be like figs(H) ripe before harvest—
    as soon as people see them and take them in hand,
    they swallow them.

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