1Woe 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 fertile valley of those who are overcome with wine!

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Hosea 7:5, Hosea 7:5, Isaiah 28:7, Isaiah 28:7, 2 Kings 14:25

2Behold, the Lord has a mighty and strong one. Like a storm of hail, a destroying storm, and like a storm of mighty waters overflowing, he will cast them down to the earth with his hand.

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Isaiah 30:30, Nahum 1:8, Ezekiel 13:11, Isaiah 30:30, Nahum 1:8

3The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim will be trodden under foot.

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Isaiah 26:6, Isaiah 26:6, Hebrews 10:29, Revelation 11:2, 2 Kings 9:33

4The fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fertile valley, shall be like the first-ripe fig before the summer; which someone picks and eats as soon as he sees it.

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Nahum 3:12, Nahum 3:12, Micah 7:1, Micah 7:1, Isaiah 28:1

5In that day, the Lord of hosts will become a crown of glory, and a diadem of beauty, to the residue of his people;

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Isaiah 62:3, Isaiah 60:19, 1 Peter 5:4, Isaiah 62:3, Isaiah 60:19

6and a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.

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Psalms 18:32, Psalms 18:34, Psalms 18:32, Psalms 18:34, John 5:30

7They also reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink. The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink. They are swallowed up by wine. They stagger with strong drink. They err in vision. They stumble in judgment.

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Luke 21:34, Isaiah 56:10, Isaiah 56:12, Luke 21:34, Isaiah 56:10

8For all tables are completely full of filthy vomit and filthiness.

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Jeremiah 48:26, Jeremiah 48:26, Proverbs 26:11, Proverbs 26:11, Habakkuk 2:15

9Whom will he teach knowledge? To whom will he explain the message? Those who are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts?

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Psalms 131:2, Psalms 131:2, Jeremiah 6:10, Jeremiah 6:10, John 12:38

10For it is precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little.

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Isaiah 28:13, Isaiah 28:13, 2 Timothy 3:7, 2 Timothy 3:7, Jeremiah 11:7

11But he will speak to this nation with stammering lips and a strange language;

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1 Corinthians 14:21, 1 Corinthians 14:21, Deuteronomy 28:49, Deuteronomy 28:49, Isaiah 33:19

12to whom he said, "This is the resting place. Give rest to weary;" and "This is the refreshing;" yet they would not hear.

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Matthew 11:28, Matthew 11:29, Matthew 11:28, Matthew 11:29, Isaiah 30:15

13Therefore the word of the Lord will be to them precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, fall backward, be broken, be snared, and be taken.

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Matthew 13:14, Matthew 13:14, Isaiah 6:9, Isaiah 6:10, Isaiah 6:9

14Therefore hear the word of the Lord, you scoffers, that rule this people in Jerusalem:

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Isaiah 29:20, Isaiah 1:10, Isaiah 28:22, Isaiah 29:20, Isaiah 1:10

15"Because you have said, 'We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol are we in agreement. When the overflowing scourge passes through, it won't come to us; for we have made lies our refuge, and we have hidden ourselves under falsehood.'"

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Isaiah 8:7, Isaiah 8:8, Isaiah 8:7, Isaiah 8:8, Amos 2:4

16Therefore thus says the Lord God, "Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone of a sure foundation. He who believes shall not be in fear.

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Psalms 118:22, Psalms 118:22, Acts 4:11, Acts 4:12, Acts 4:11

17I will make justice the measuring line, and righteousness the plumb line. The hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters will overflow the hiding place.

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2 Kings 21:13, 2 Kings 21:13, Amos 7:7, Amos 7:9, Revelation 16:21

18Your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol shall not stand. When the overflowing scourge passes through, then you will be trampled down by it.

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Isaiah 7:7, Isaiah 7:7, Isaiah 8:10, Isaiah 8:10, Isaiah 28:15

19As often as it passes through, it will seize you; for morning by morning it will pass through, by day and by night; and it will be nothing but terror to understand the message."

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Habakkuk 3:16, Habakkuk 3:16, Isaiah 10:5, Isaiah 10:6, Jeremiah 19:3

20For the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket is too narrow to wrap oneself in.

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Romans 9:30, Romans 9:32, Isaiah 64:6, 1 Corinthians 1:18, 1 Corinthians 1:31

21For the Lord will rise up as on Mount Perazim. He will be angry as in the valley of Gibeon; that he may do his work, his unusual work, and bring to pass his act, his extraordinary act.

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1 Chronicles 14:11, 1 Chronicles 14:11, Joshua 10:12, 2 Samuel 5:20, Joshua 10:12

22Now therefore do not be scoffers, lest your bonds be made strong; for I have heard a decree of destruction from the Lord, the Lord of hosts, on the whole earth.

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Isaiah 10:22, Isaiah 10:23, Isaiah 10:22, Isaiah 10:23, Isaiah 24:1

23Give ear, and hear my voice! Listen, and hear my speech!

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Jeremiah 22:29, Isaiah 1:2, Jeremiah 22:29, Isaiah 1:2, Revelation 2:29

24Does he who plows to sow plow continually? Does he keep turning the soil and breaking the clods?

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Hosea 10:11, Hosea 10:12, Jeremiah 4:3, Hosea 10:11, Hosea 10:12

25When he has leveled its surface, doesn't he plant the dill, and scatter the cumin seed, and put in the wheat in rows, the barley in the appointed place, and the spelt in its place?

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Ezekiel 4:9, Ezekiel 4:9, Matthew 23:23, Matthew 23:23, Exodus 9:31

26For his God instructs him in right judgment, and teaches him.

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Exodus 36:2, Exodus 31:3, Exodus 31:6, Exodus 36:2, Exodus 31:3

27For the dill are not threshed with a sharp instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned over the cumin; but the dill is beaten out with a stick, and the cumin with a rod.

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Isaiah 41:15, Isaiah 41:15, Jeremiah 10:24, Jeremiah 46:28, Amos 1:3

28Bread flour must be ground; so he will not always be threshing it. Although he drives the wheel of his threshing cart over it, his horses do not grind it.

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Matthew 13:37, Matthew 13:43, Amos 9:9, Matthew 3:12, 1 Corinthians 9:9

29This also comes forth from the Lord of hosts, who is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in wisdom.

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Romans 11:33, Romans 11:33, Job 5:9, Isaiah 9:6, Job 5:9