Isaiah 28 · Verse 3

Isaiah 28:3

The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:
Isaiah 28:3, King James Version

Isaiah 28:3 in other translations

BSBThe majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards will be trampled underfoot.
WEBThe crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim will be trodden under foot.
ASVThe crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under foot:
YLTBy feet trodden down is the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim,
DARBYThe crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under feet;
BBEThe crown of pride of those who are given up to wine in Ephraim will be crushed under foot;
WebsterThe crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under feet.

What does Isaiah 28:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
3. crown ... the drunkards--rather, "the crown of the drunkards."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim "The proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim" - I read עטרות ataroth, crowns, plural, to agree with the verb תרמסנה teramasnah, "shall be trodden down."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 28:1-4

The desolations of Samaria. (Is. 28:1-4) The prosperity of Judah; with reproofs for sinfulness and unbelief. (Is. 28:5-15) Christ is pointed out as the sure Foundation for all believers. (Is. 28:16-22) God's dealings with his people. (Is. 28:23-29) Verses 1-4 What men are proud of, be it ever so mean, is to them as a crown; but pride is the forerunner of destruction. How foolishly drunkards act! Those who are…

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Isaiah 28:3 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בְּרַגְלַ֖יִםbe.rag.La.yimwith feetH7272
תֵּֽרָמַ֑סְנָהte.ra.Mas.nahthey will be trampledH7429
עֲטֶ֥רֶת'a.Te.ret[the] crown ofH5850
גֵּא֖וּתge.'Ut<the> pride ofH1348
שִׁכּוֹרֵ֥יshi.ko.Rei[the] drunkards ofH7910
אֶפְרָֽיִם\׃'ef.Ra.yimEphraimH669

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 28:3

  • Isaiah 26:6

    The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.

  • Hebrews 10:29

    Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

  • Isaiah 28:1

    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!

  • Daniel 8:13

    Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?

  • Revelation 11:2

    But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.

  • 2 Kings 9:33

    And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trode her under foot.

  • Isaiah 25:10

    For in this mountain shall the hand of the Lord rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill.

  • Lamentations 1:15

    The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a winepress.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The crown.
1
shall.
25:10; 26:6; 2Ki 9:33; La 1:15; Da 8:13; Heb 10:29; Re 11:2
under feet. Heb. with feet.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Isaiah 28:2

    Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.

  • Isaiah 28:3

    The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:

  • Isaiah 28:4

    And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.

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Isaiah 28:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Con los pies será hollada la corona de soberbia de los borrachos de Ephraim;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
La couronne d’orgueil des ivrognes d’Éphraïm sera foulée aux pieds,
German
Elberfelder 1871
Mit Füßen wird zertreten die stolze Krone der Trunkenen Ephraims.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Pedibus conculcabitur corona superbiæ ebriorum Ephraim.