Isaiah 28:1
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!”
צְבִי
The deer does not philosophise about water. It simply knows it needs it and runs toward it. The psalmist in the middle of exile, surrounded by enemies, uses this image — my whole being runs toward You the way a deer runs to water. Thirst for God is not weakness. It is the most honest thing a soul can do.
נָבֵל
withering
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נָבֵל
to wilt; generally, to fall away, fail, faint; figuratively, to be foolish or (morally) wicked; causatively, to despise, disgrace
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עַל
is on
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עַל
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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רֹאשׁ
the head of
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רֹאשׁ
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
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שֶׁמֶן
fatnesses
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שֶׁמֶן
grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
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גַּיְא
a valley of
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גַּיְא
a gorge (from its lofty sides; hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)
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הָלַם
those struck down of
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הָלַם
to strike down; by implication, to hammer, stamp, conquer, disband
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תִּפְאָרָה
splendor/ its
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תִּפְאָרָה
ornament (abstractly or concretely, literally or figuratively)
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גֵּאוּת
the pride of
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גֵּאוּת
{arrogance or majesty; by implication, (concretely) ornament}
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יַיִן
wine
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יַיִן
wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
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שִׁכּוֹר
the drunkards of
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שִׁכּוֹר
intoxicated, as astate or a habit
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עֲטָרָה
the crown of
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עֲטָרָה
a crown
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