<vn='1'><sn="1945">Woe</s> to the <sn="5850">crown</s> of <sn="1348">pride</s>, to the <sn="7910">drunkards</s> of <sn="669">Ephraim</s>, whose <sn="6643">glorious</s><sn="8597">beauty</s> is a <sn="5034">fading</s><sn="6731">flower</s>, <sn="834">which</s> are <sn="5921">on</s> the <sn="7218">head</s> of the <sn="8081">fat</s><sn="1516">valleys</s> of them that are <sn="1986">overcome</s> with <sn="3196">wine</s>! </v>
<vn='2'><sn="2009">Behold</s>, the <sn="136">Lord</s> hath a <sn="2389">mighty</s> and strong <sn="533">one</s>, which as a <sn="2230">tempest</s> of <sn="1259">hail</s> and a <sn="6986">destroying</s><sn="8178">storm</s>, as a <sn="2230">flood</s> of <sn="3524">mighty</s><sn="4325">waters</s><sn="7857">overflowing</s>, shall cast <sn="5117">down</s> to the <sn="776">earth</s> with the <sn="3027">hand</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>The <sn="5850">crown</s> of <sn="1348">pride</s>, the <sn="7910">drunkards</s> of <sn="669">Ephraim</s>, shall be <sn="7429">trodden</s> under <sn="7272">feet</s>: </v>
<vn='4'>And the <sn="6643">glorious</s><sn="8597">beauty</s>, <sn="834">which</s> is <sn="5921">on</s> the <sn="7218">head</s> of the <sn="8081">fat</s><sn="1516">valley</s>, shall <sn="1961">be</s> a <sn="5034">fading</s><sn="6733">flower</s>, and as the hasty <sn="1061">fruit</s><sn="2962">before</s> the <sn="7019">summer</s>; <sn="834">which</s> when he that <sn="7200">looketh</s> upon it <sn="7200">seeth</s>, while it is <sn="5750">yet</s> in his <sn="3709">hand</s> he eateth it <sn="1104">up</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>In <sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s> shall the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s><sn="1961">be</s> for a <sn="5850">crown</s> of <sn="6643">glory</s>, and for a <sn="6843">diadem</s> of <sn="8597">beauty</s>, unto the <sn="7605">residue</s> of his <sn="5971">people</s>, </v>
<vn='6'>And for a <sn="7307">spirit</s> of <sn="4941">judgment</s> to him that <sn="3427">sitteth</s><sn="5921">in</s><sn="4941">judgment</s>, and for <sn="1369">strength</s> to them that <sn="7725">turn</s> the <sn="4421">battle</s> to the <sn="8179">gate</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>But <sn="428">they</s><sn="1571">also</s> have <sn="7686">erred</s> through <sn="3196">wine</s>, and through strong <sn="7941">drink</s> are out of the <sn="8582">way</s>; the <sn="3548">priest</s> and the <sn="5030">prophet</s> have <sn="7686">erred</s> through strong <sn="7941">drink</s>, they are swallowed <sn="1104">up</s><sn="4480">of</s><sn="3196">wine</s>, they are out of the <sn="8582">way</s><sn="4480">through</s> strong <sn="7941">drink</s>; they <sn="7686">err</s> in <sn="7203">vision</s>, they <sn="6328">stumble</s> in <sn="6417">judgment</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="7979">tables</s> are <sn="4390">full</s> of <sn="6892">vomit</s> and <sn="6675">filthiness</s>, so that there is <sn="1097">no</s><sn="4725">place</s> clean. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="*853"></s><sn="4310">Whom</s> shall he <sn="3384">teach</s><sn="1844">knowledge</s>? and <sn="4310">whom</s> shall he make to <sn="995">understand</s><sn="8052">doctrine</s>? them that are <sn="1580">weaned</s> from the <sn="4480 2461">milk</s>, and <sn="6267">drawn</s> from the <sn="4480 7699">breasts</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="6673">precept</s> must be upon <sn="6673">precept</s>, <sn="6673">precept</s> upon <sn="6673">precept</s>; <sn="6957">line</s> upon <sn="6957">line</s>, <sn="6957">line</s> upon <sn="6957">line</s>; <sn="8033">here</s> a <sn="2191">little</s>, and <sn="8033">there</s> a <sn="2191">little</s>: </v>
<vn='11'><sn="3588">For</s> with <sn="3934">stammering</s><sn="8193">lips</s> and <sn="312">another</s><sn="3956">tongue</s> will he <sn="1696">speak</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="5971">people</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="413">To</s><sn="834">whom</s> he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="2063">This</s> is the <sn="4496">rest</s> wherewith ye may cause the <sn="5889">weary</s> to <sn="5117">rest</s>; and <sn="2063">this</s> is the <sn="4774">refreshing</s>: yet they <sn="14">would</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="8085">hear</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>But the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">was</s> unto them <sn="6673">precept</s> upon <sn="6673">precept</s>, <sn="6673">precept</s> upon <sn="6673">precept</s>; <sn="6957">line</s> upon <sn="6957">line</s>, <sn="6957">line</s> upon <sn="6957">line</s>; <sn="8033">here</s> a <sn="2191">little</s>, and <sn="8033">there</s> a <sn="2191">little</s>; <sn="4616">that</s> they might <sn="1980">go</s>, and <sn="3782">fall</s><sn="268">backward</s>, and be <sn="7665">broken</s>, and <sn="3369">snared</s>, and <sn="3920">taken</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="3651">Wherefore</s><sn="8085">hear</s> the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, ye <sn="3944">scornful</s><sn="376">men</s>, that <sn="4910">rule</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="5971">people</s><sn="834">which</s> is in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="3588">Because</s> ye have <sn="559">said</s>, We have <sn="3772">made</s> a <sn="1285">covenant</s><sn="854">with</s><sn="4194">death</s>, and <sn="5973">with</s><sn="7585">hell</s> are we <sn="6213">at</s><sn="2374">agreement</s>; <sn="3588">when</s> the <sn="7857">overflowing</s><sn="7752">scourge</s> shall pass <sn="5674">through</s>, it shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="935">come</s> unto us: <sn="3588">for</s> we have <sn="7760">made</s><sn="3577">lies</s> our <sn="4268">refuge</s>, and under <sn="8267">falsehood</s> have we hid <sn="5641">ourselves</s>: </v>
<vn='16'><sn="3651">Therefore</s><sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, I <sn="3245">lay</s> in <sn="6726">Zion</s> for a <sn="3245">foundation</s> a <sn="68">stone</s>, a <sn="976">tried</s><sn="68">stone</s>, a <sn="3368">precious</s><sn="6438">corner</s> stone, a <sn="3245">sure</s><sn="4143">foundation</s>: he that <sn="539">believeth</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s> make <sn="2363">haste</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="4941">Judgment</s> also will I <sn="7760">lay</s> to the <sn="6957">line</s>, and <sn="6666">righteousness</s> to the <sn="4949">plummet</s>: and the <sn="1259">hail</s> shall sweep <sn="3261">away</s> the <sn="4268">refuge</s> of <sn="3577">lies</s>, and the <sn="4325">waters</s> shall <sn="7857">overflow</s> the hiding <sn="5643">place</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>And your <sn="1285">covenant</s><sn="854">with</s><sn="4194">death</s> shall be <sn="3722">disannulled</s>, and your <sn="2380">agreement</s><sn="854">with</s><sn="7585">hell</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="6965">stand</s>; <sn="3588">when</s> the <sn="7857">overflowing</s><sn="7752">scourge</s> shall pass <sn="5674">through</s>, then ye shall <sn="1961">be</s> trodden <sn="4823">down</s> by it. </v>
<vn='19'>From the <sn="4480 1767">time</s> that it goeth <sn="5674">forth</s> it shall <sn="3947">take</s> you: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="1242">morning</s> by <sn="1242">morning</s> shall it pass <sn="5674">over</s>, by <sn="3117">day</s> and by <sn="3915">night</s>: and it shall <sn="1961">be</s> a <sn="2113">vexation</s><sn="7535">only</s> to <sn="995">understand</s> the <sn="8052">report</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="3588">For</s> the <sn="4702">bed</s> is <sn="7114">shorter</s> than that a man can stretch <sn="4480 8311">himself</s> on it: and the <sn="4541">covering</s><sn="6887">narrower</s> than that he can wrap <sn="3664">himself</s> in it. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="3588">For</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> shall rise <sn="6965">up</s> as in <sn="2022">mount</s><sn="6556">Perazim</s>, he shall be <sn="7264">wroth</s> as in the <sn="6010">valley</s> of <sn="1391">Gibeon</s>, that he may <sn="6213">do</s> his <sn="4639">work</s>, his <sn="2114">strange</s><sn="4639">work</s>; and bring to <sn="5647">pass</s> his <sn="5656">act</s>, his <sn="5237">strange</s><sn="5656">act</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="6258">Now</s> therefore be ye not <sn="3887 408">mockers</s>, <sn="6435">lest</s> your <sn="4147">bands</s> be made <sn="2388">strong</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> I have <sn="8085">heard</s><sn="4480 854">from</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s> a <sn="3617">consumption</s>, even <sn="2782">determined</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="3605">whole</s><sn="776">earth</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>Give ye <sn="238">ear</s>, and <sn="8085">hear</s> my <sn="6963">voice</s>; <sn="7181">hearken</s>, and <sn="8085">hear</s> my <sn="565">speech</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>Doth the <sn="2790">plowman</s><sn="2790">plow</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="3117">day</s> to <sn="2232">sow</s>? doth he <sn="6605">open</s> and break the <sn="7702">clods</s> of his <sn="127">ground</s>? </v>
<vn='25'><sn="518">When</s> he hath made <sn="7737">plain</s> the <sn="6440">face</s> thereof, doth he <sn="3808">not</s> cast <sn="6327">abroad</s> the <sn="7100">fitches</s>, and <sn="2236">scatter</s> the <sn="3646">cummin</s>, and <sn="7760">cast</s> in the <sn="7795">principal</s><sn="2406">wheat</s> and the <sn="5567">appointed</s><sn="8184">barley</s> and the <sn="3698">rye</s> in their <sn="1367">place</s>? </v>
<vn='26'>For his <sn="430">God</s> doth <sn="3256">instruct</s> him to <sn="4941">discretion</s>, and doth <sn="3384">teach</s> him. </v>
<vn='27'><sn="3588">For</s> the <sn="7100">fitches</s> are <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1758">threshed</s> with a threshing <sn="2742">instrument</s>, neither is a <sn="5699">cart</s><sn="212">wheel</s><sn="5437">turned</s> about <sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="3646">cummin</s>; <sn="3588">but</s> the <sn="7100">fitches</s> are beaten <sn="2251">out</s> with a <sn="4294">staff</s>, and the <sn="3646">cummin</s> with a <sn="7626">rod</s>. </v>
<vn='28'><sn="3899">Bread</s> corn is <sn="1854">bruised</s>; <sn="3588">because</s> he will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5331">ever</s> be <sn="1758">threshing</s> it, nor <sn="2000">break</s> it with the <sn="1536">wheel</s> of his <sn="5699">cart</s>, <sn="3808">nor</s><sn="1854">bruise</s> it with his <sn="6571">horsemen</s>. </v>
<vn='29'><sn="2063">This</s><sn="1571">also</s> cometh <sn="3318">forth</s><sn="4480 5973">from</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>, which is <sn="6381">wonderful</s> in <sn="6098">counsel</s>, and <sn="1431">excellent</s> in <sn="8454">working</s>. </v>