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The Book of Isaiah, Chapter 28, Verse 4

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The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:
King James Version
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.
American Standard Version
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.
New English Translation
The withering flower, its beautiful splendor, situated at the head of a rich valley, will be like an early fig before harvest– as soon as someone notices it, he grabs it and swallows it.
World English Bible
The 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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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,
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And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.
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But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble [in] judgment.
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For all tables are full of vomit [and] filthiness, [so that there is] no place [clean].
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Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? [them that are] weaned from the milk, [and] drawn from the breasts.
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For precept [must be] upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, [and] there a little:
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For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.
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To whom he said, This [is] the rest [wherewith] ye may cause the weary to rest; and this [is] the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
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But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, [and] there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
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Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which [is] in Jerusalem.