Isaiah 28:1

New Century Version

How terrible it will be for Samaria, the pride of Israel’s drunken people! That beautiful crown of flowers is just a dying plant set on a hill above a rich valley where drunkards live.

Cross References

2 Kings 15:29

Tiglath-Pileser was king of Assyria. He attacked while Pekah was king of Israel, capturing the cities of Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, and Hazor. He also captured Gilead and Galilee and all the land of Naphtali and carried the people away to Assyria.

2 Chronicles 28:6

The army of Pekah son of Remaliah killed one hundred twenty thousand brave soldiers from Judah in one day. Pekah defeated them because they had left the Lord, the God of their ancestors.

Proverbs 23:29

Who has trouble? Who has pain? Who fights? Who complains? Who has unnecessary bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?

Isaiah 28:7

But now those leaders are drunk with wine; they stumble from drinking too much beer. The priests and prophets are drunk with beer and are filled with wine. They stumble from too much beer. The prophets are drunk when they see their visions; the judges stumble when they make their decisions.

Isaiah 5:11

How terrible it will be for people who rise early in the morning to look for strong drink, who stay awake late at night, becoming drunk with wine.

Isaiah 5:22

How terrible it will be for people who are famous for drinking wine and are champions at mixing drinks.

Isaiah 8:4

because the king of Assyria will take away all the wealth and possessions of Damascus and Samaria before the boy learns to say ‘my father’ or ‘my mother.’ ”

Isaiah 9:11

But the Lord has brought the enemies of Rezin against them; he has stirred up their enemies against them.

Isaiah 9:8

The Lord sent a message against the people of Jacob; it says that God will judge Israel.

Isaiah 9:9

Then everyone in Israel, even the leaders in Samaria, will know that God has sent it. Those people are proud and brag by saying,

Hosea 4:11

prostitution, to old and new wine, which take away their ability to understand.

Hosea 5:5

Israel’s pride testifies against them. The people of Israel will stumble because of their sin, and the people of Judah will stumble with them.

Hosea 5:9

Israel will be ruined on the day of punishment. To the tribes of Israel I tell the truth.

Hosea 6:10

I have seen horrible things in Israel. Look at Israel’s prostitution; Israel has become unclean.

Hosea 7:5

The kings get so drunk they get sick every day. The rulers become crazy with wine; they make agreements with those who do not know the true God.

Leviticus 26:19

I will break your great pride, and I will make the sky like iron and the earth like bronze.

Amos 2:12

“But you made the Nazirites drink wine and told the prophets not to prophesy.

Amos 2:8

As they worship at their altars, they lie down on clothes taken from the poor. They fine people, and with that money they buy wine to drink in the house of their god.

Amos 4:1

Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan on the Mountain of Samaria. You take things from the poor and crush people who are in need. Then you command your husbands, “Bring us something to drink!”

Amos 6:1

How terrible it will be for those who have an easy life in Jerusalem, for those who feel safe living on Mount Samaria. You think you are the important people of the best nation in the world; the Israelites come to you for help.

Amos 6:4

You lie on beds decorated with ivory and stretch out on your couches. You eat tender lambs and fattened calves.

Amos 6:6

You drink wine by the bowlful and use the best perfumed lotions. But you are not sad over the ruin of Israel,

Amos 6:8

The Lord God made this promise; the Lord God All-Powerful says: “I hate the pride of the Israelites, and I hate their strong buildings, so I will let the enemy take the city and everything in it.”