Help QuickNav Adv. Options
ASV

ASV

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Format by: Verse Paragraph
Strong's
Red Letter
Audio Bibles
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Isaiah 28 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

Choose a new font size and typeface
Audio Bibles

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:1 - Woe 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 fat valley of them that are overcome with wine!

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:2 - Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one; as a tempest of hail, a destroying storm, as a tempest of mighty waters overflowing, will he cast down to the earth with the hand.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:3 - The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under foot:

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:4 - and the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be as the first-ripe fig before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:5 - In that day will Jehovah of hosts become a crown of glory, and a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:6 - and a spirit of justice to him that sitteth in judgment, and strength to them that turn back the battle at the gate.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:7 - And even these reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they stagger with strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:8 - For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:9 - Whom will he teach knowledge? and whom will he make to understand the message? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:10 - For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:11 - Nay, but by men of strange lips and with another tongue will he speak to this people;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:12 - to whom he said, This is the rest, give ye rest to him that is weary; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:13 - Therefore shall the word of Jehovah be unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

Judah Is Warned

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:14 - Wherefore hear the word of Jehovah, ye scoffers, that rule this people that is in Jerusalem:

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:15 - Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us; for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:16 - therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner-stone of sure foundation: he that believeth shall not be in haste.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:17 - And I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plummet; and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding-place.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:18 - And your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:19 - As often as it passeth through, it shall take you; for morning by morning shall it pass through, by day and by night: and it shall be nought but terror to understand the message.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:20 - For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it; and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:21 - For Jehovah will rise up as in mount Perazim, he will be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon; that he may do his work, his strange work, and bring to pass his act, his strange act.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:22 - Now therefore be ye not scoffers, lest your bonds be made strong; for a decree of destruction have I heard from the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, upon the whole earth.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:23 - Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:24 - Doth he that ploweth to sow plow continually? doth he continually open and harrow his ground?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:25 - When he hath levelled the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and put in the wheat in rows, and the barley in the appointed place, and the spelt in the border thereof?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:26 - For his God doth instruct him aright, and doth teach him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:27 - For the fitches are not threshed with a sharp threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:28 - Bread grain is ground; for he will not be always threshing it: and though the wheel of his cart and his horses scatter it, he doth not grind it.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:29 - This also cometh forth from Jehovah of hosts, who is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in wisdom.
ASV

Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

Pericope

Pericope taken from the NASB95 and has been graciously provided by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved.

New American Standard Bible
Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995
by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif.
All rights reserved.

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
ASV
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
ASV
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

Isaiah Chapter 28 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras