Commentary on Isaiah Volume 1 John Calvin
Chapter
Isaiah 28:1-29 1. Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!
1. Væ coronæ superbiæ temulentorum Ephraim; quia decor gloriæ ejus erit flos deciduus, quæ est super caput vallis pinguium, oppresorum a vino.
2. Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which, as a tempest of hail, and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.
2. Ecce durus et fortis Domino, sicut inundatio grandinis, turbo subvertens; sicut impetus aquarum vehementium inundantium, dejiciens in manu ad terram.
3. The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:
3. Pedibus conculabitur corona superbiæ temultorum Ephraim. 4. And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.
4. Et erit flos deciduus decor gloriæ ejus, quæ est super caput vallis pinguium, quasi fructus præcox ante æstivos, quem qui viderit, aspiciens eum dum adhuc in manu est, devorat.
5. In that day shall the Lord of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people.
5. In illa die Iehova exercituum in corona gloriæ, et diadema decoris reliquiis populi sui,
6. And for spirit of judgement to him that sitteth in judgement, and for