Isaiah 28:2

Translations

Modern

Behold, the Lord has one who is strong and mighty. Like a hailstorm or destructive tempest, like a driving rain or flooding downpour, he will smash that crown to the ground.

Traditional

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.

Literal

Behold, a mighty and strong one is unto the Lord, like a storm of hail and a tempest of destruction, like a flood of mighty waters overflowing, He will bring it to the ground with the hand.

Latin

Ecce validus et fortis Dominus sicut impetus grandinis; turbo confringens, sicut impetus aquarum multarum inundantium et emissarum super terram spatiosam.

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English

Behold, the Lord has one who is strong and mighty. Like a hailstorm or destructive tempest, like a driving rain or flooding downpour, he will smash that crown to the ground.

Notes

Isaiah 28:2

the Lord has one who is: The covenant God will act against his own people, whose behavior had effectively disqualified them as God’s people (see Hosea 1:9).
one who is strong and mighty: This refers to the Assyrians, who destroyed Samaria in 722 BC.

Isaiah 28:1–29

The glory of Samaria, capital of the northern kingdom of Israel, is here contrasted with the glory of the Lord. This section represents the first of the six woes (Woe to...).

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Isaiah Salvation in Isaiah

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Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

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Armies: Compared to Overflowing Torrents Assyria: As a Power, Was: Most Formidable Drunkenness: Denunciations Against: Those Given To Hail: Figurative Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of Captivity, Famine, and Judgments Rivers: (Overflowing of) God's Judgments The Deluge of the Destruction of Sinners

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