WEBVTT - Isaiah 28

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<v Speaker 1>to the Chapter a Day Audio Bible. I'm John Stonge

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<v Speaker 1>and today we're in Isaiah chapter 28 and we'll be

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<v Speaker 1>reading from the English Standard Version. Ah, the proud crown

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<v Speaker 1>of the drunkards of Ephraim, and the fading flower of

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<v Speaker 1>its glorious beauty, which is on the head of the

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<v Speaker 1>rich valley of those overcome with wine. Behold, the Lord

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<v Speaker 1>has one who is mighty and strong. Like a storm

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<v Speaker 1>of hail, a destroying tempest, like a storm of mighty

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<v Speaker 1>overflowing waters, he casts down to the earth with his hand.

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<v Speaker 1>The proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim will be

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<v Speaker 1>trodden underfoot. And the fading flower of its glorious beauty,

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<v Speaker 1>which is on the head of the rich valley, will

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<v Speaker 1>be like a first ripe fig before the summer. When

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<v Speaker 1>someone sees it, he swallows it as soon as it

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<v Speaker 1>is in his hand. In that day, the Lord of

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<v Speaker 1>hosts will be a crown of glory and a diadem

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<v Speaker 1>of beauty to the remnant of his people and a

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<v Speaker 1>spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment and

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<v Speaker 1>strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.

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<v Speaker 1>These also reel with wine and stagger with strong drink.

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<v Speaker 1>The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink. They

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<v Speaker 1>are swallowed by wine. They stagger with strong drink. They

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<v Speaker 1>reel in vision. They stumble in giving judgment. For all

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<v Speaker 1>tables are full of filthy vomit with no space left.

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<v Speaker 1>To whom will he teach knowledge and to whom will

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<v Speaker 1>he explain the message? those who are weaned from the milk,

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<v Speaker 1>those taken from the breast? For it is precept upon precept,

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<v Speaker 1>precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here

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<v Speaker 1>a little, there a little. For by people of strange

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<v Speaker 1>lips and with a foreign tongue, the Lord will speak

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<v Speaker 1>to this people, to whom he has said, This is rest,

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<v Speaker 1>give rest to the weary, and this is repose, yet

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<v Speaker 1>they would not hear. And the word of the Lord

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<v Speaker 1>will be to them precept upon precept, precept upon precept,

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<v Speaker 1>line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there

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<v Speaker 1>a little, that they may go and fall backward, and

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<v Speaker 1>be broken and snared and taken. Therefore, hear the word

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<v Speaker 1>of the Lord, you scoffers, who rule this people in Jerusalem.

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<v Speaker 1>Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death.

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<v Speaker 1>And with Sheol we have an agreement. When the overwhelming

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<v Speaker 1>whip passes through, it will not come to us, for

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<v Speaker 1>we have made lies our refuge, and in falsehood we

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<v Speaker 1>have taken shelter. Therefore thus says the Lord God, Behold,

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<v Speaker 1>I am the one who has laid as a foundation

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<v Speaker 1>in Zion a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone

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<v Speaker 1>of a sure foundation. Whoever believes will not be in haste.

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<v Speaker 1>And I will make justice the line, and righteousness the

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<v Speaker 1>plumb line, and hail will sweep away the refuge of lies,

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<v Speaker 1>and waters will overwhelm the shelter. Then your covenant with

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<v Speaker 1>death will be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol will

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<v Speaker 1>not stand. When the overwhelming scourge passes through, you will

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<v Speaker 1>be beaten down by it. As often as it passes through,

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<v Speaker 1>it will take you. For morning by morning it will

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<v Speaker 1>pass through, by day and by night. And it will

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<v Speaker 1>be sheer terror to understand the message. For the bed

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<v Speaker 1>is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering

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<v Speaker 1>too narrow to wrap oneself in. For the Lord will

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<v Speaker 1>rise up as on Mount Perizim, as in the valley

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<v Speaker 1>of Gibeon he will be roused. To do his deed,

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<v Speaker 1>Strange is his deed, and to work his work, alien

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<v Speaker 1>is his work. Now therefore do not scoff, lest your

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<v Speaker 1>bonds be made strong, for I have heard a decree

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<v Speaker 1>of destruction from the Lord God of hosts against the

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<v Speaker 1>whole land. Give ear and hear my voice, give attention

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<v Speaker 1>and hear my speech. Does he who plows for sowing

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<v Speaker 1>plow continually? Does he continually open and harrow his ground?

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<v Speaker 1>When he has leveled its surface, does he not scatter dill,

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<v Speaker 1>sow cumin, and put in wheat in rows and barley

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<v Speaker 1>in its proper place, and emmer as the border? For

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<v Speaker 1>he is rightly instructed, his God teaches him. Dill is

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<v Speaker 1>not threshed with a threshing sledge, nor is a cartwheel

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<v Speaker 1>rolled over cumin, but dill is beaten out with a stick.

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<v Speaker 1>and cumin with a rod. Does one crush grain for bread? No,

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<v Speaker 1>he does not thresh it forever. When he drives his

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<v Speaker 1>cartwheel over it with his horses, he does not crush it.

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<v Speaker 1>This also comes from the Lord of hosts. He is

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<v Speaker 1>wonderful in counsel and excellent in wisdom. Let's pray. Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>we thank you for your word, and we thank you

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<v Speaker 1>for the privilege to be able to know you, and

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<v Speaker 1>the privilege to be the people referenced here in this

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<v Speaker 1>portion of Scripture that are spoken of as being people

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<v Speaker 1>of a strange tongue, people who at one point were

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<v Speaker 1>not part of your family, but by your grace you've

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<v Speaker 1>reached out to all nations. And anyone who trusts in

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<v Speaker 1>your Son, Jesus Christ, is saved, is rescued, is redeemed,

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<v Speaker 1>and is brought into your family. Lord, thank you for

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<v Speaker 1>these prophetic portions of Scripture that spoke to that, and

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<v Speaker 1>for the fact that you have fulfilled what you have prophesied. Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>we're grateful for the privilege to be able to draw

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<v Speaker 1>near to you, and we pray that by your grace

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<v Speaker 1>that we would walk with you faithfully each and every day.

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<v Speaker 1>We love you, Lord. We thank you for these things.

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<v Speaker 1>We thank you for your presence with us today. We

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<v Speaker 1>pray this all in Jesus' name. Amen.