Isaiah 28:1

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The city of Samaria above a fertile valley is in for trouble! Its leaders are drunkards, who stuff themselves with food and wine. But they will be like flowers that dry up and wilt.

Cross References

2 Kings 15:29

During Pekah's rule, King Tiglath Pileser of Assyria marched into Israel. He captured the territories of Gilead and Galilee, including the towns of Ijon, Abel-Bethmaacah, Janoah, Kedesh, and Hazor, as well as the entire territory of Naphtali. Then he took Israelites from those regions to Assyria as prisoners.

Proverbs 23:29

Who is always in trouble? Who argues and fights? Who has cuts and bruises? Whose eyes are red?

Isaiah 28:7

Priests and prophets stumble because they are drunk. Their minds are too confused to receive God's messages or give honest decisions.

Isaiah 5:11

You are in for trouble! You get up early to start drinking, and you keep it up late into the night.

Isaiah 5:22

And you are great at drinking and mixing drinks. But you are in for trouble.

Isaiah 8:4

Because before he can say ‘Mummy’ or ‘Daddy’, the king of Assyria will attack and take everything of value from Damascus and Samaria.”

Isaiah 9:11

The LORD made their enemies attack them.

Isaiah 9:8

The Lord had warned the people of Israel,

Isaiah 9:9

and all of them knew it, including everyone in the capital city of Samaria. But they were proud and stubborn and said,

Hosea 4:11

and have been unfaithful to me, their LORD. My people, you are foolish because of too much pleasure and too much wine.

Hosea 5:5

Israel, your pride testifies to your guilt; it makes you stumble, and Judah stumbles too.

Hosea 5:9

I, the LORD, will punish and wipe out Israel. This is my solemn promise to every tribe of Israel.

Hosea 6:10

I have seen a terrible thing in Israel— you are unfaithful and unfit to worship me.

Hosea 7:5

On the day their king was crowned, his officials got him drunk, and he joined in their foolishness.

Leviticus 26:19

until your pride is completely crushed. I will hold back the rain, so the sky above you will be like iron, and the ground beneath your feet will be like copper.

Amos 2:12

But you commanded the prophets not to speak their message, and you pressured the Nazirites into drinking wine.

Amos 2:8

They lie down beside altars on clothes taken as security for loans. And they drink wine in my temple, wine bought with the money they received from fines.

Amos 4:1

You women of Samaria are fat cows! You ill-treat and abuse the poor and needy, then you say to your husbands, “Bring us more drinks!”

Amos 6:1

Do you rulers in Jerusalem and in the city of Samaria feel safe and at ease? Everyone bows down to you, and you think you are better than any other nation. But you are in for trouble!

Amos 6:4

You rich people lounge around on beds with ivory posts, while dining on the meat of your lambs and calves.

Amos 6:6

You drink all the wine you want and wear expensive perfume, but you don't care about the ruin of your nation.

Amos 6:8

The LORD God All-Powerful has sworn by his own name: “You descendants of Jacob make me angry by your pride, and I hate your fortresses. And so I will surrender your city and possessions to your enemies.”