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Isaiah 28:4

People wait eagerly for the first ripe fruit of summer. They seize the fruit and swallow it immediately. The picture in words shows the speed of the enemy’s attack and success.

Hope for the future

v5 At that time the *Lord (commander of heaven’s armies) will himself be like a most beautiful crown of flowers for his people who remain. v6 The *Lord will help those who are judges to make fair decisions. And he will give courage to those who defend cities from attacks by enemies.

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See also Isaiah 28:4 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Isaiah 28:4. _THE HASTY FRUIT BEFORE THE SUMMER_ - "The early fruit before the summer"] "No sooner doth the _boccore_, (the early fig,) draw near to perfection in the middle or latter end of Ju...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AS THE HASTY FRUIT BEFORE THE SUMMER - The word rendered ‘hasty fruit’ (בכוּרה _bikûrâh_); in Arabic, _bokkore_; in Spanish, _albacore_), denotes the “early fig.” this ripens in June; the common fig...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    3. THE SIX WOES OF THE PROPHET, JUDGMENT RUINS AND RESTORATION GLORIES TO COME (28-35) CHAPTER 28 The First Woe and the Message of Assurance 1. _Ephraim addressed (Isaiah 28:1)_ 2. _Jerusalem equall...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ISAIAH 28. In Isaiah 28:1 Isaiah predicts the speedy overthrow of Samaria. The date is therefore not later than the year in which Samaria fell (Isaiah 7:22). Apparently it was uttered before the siege...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    BE. become. AND. Omit. HASTY FRUIT. early fig [becomes]. EATETH IT UP. swalloweth it....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The fate of the drunkards of Ephraim. On the luxury and debauchery of Samaria, see Amos 3:12; Amos 3:15; Amos 4:1; Amos 6:1;...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Render: AND THE FADING FLOWER OF HIS GLORIOUS BEAUTY, WHICH IS ON THE HEAD OF THE FAT VALLEY (Isaiah 28:1), SHALL BE LIKE THE EARLY FIG BEFORE THE FRUIT-HARVEST, &c. These "early figs," which might be...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    BEHOLD, THE LORD, &C.— The punishment upon Ephraim is contained in these verses, and consists of three gradations; the _first_ in the second verse; the meaning whereof literally is, that God has ready...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    V. EMANCIPATION NOT FROM EGYPT Chapter S 28 - 35 A. FOUNDATION THAT IS FIRM, Chapter S 28-29 1. STUPIDITY TEXT: Isaiah 28:1-13 1 Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fa...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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 h...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    HASTY FRUIT] RV 'first-ripe fig': a delicacy eagerly devoured....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    This chapter must be assigned (Isaiah 28:1) to a date prior to the capture of Samaria by the Assyrians (722 b.c.) and fall of the northern kingdom. 1-6. Samaria's luxury and self-indulgence pave the...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND THE GLORIOUS BEAUTY... — Better, _And the fading flower of his glorious beauty_ ... _shall be us the early fig before the fruit-gathering._ The “early fig,” as a special delicacy (Hosea 9:10; Mica...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְֽ הָ֨יְתָ֜ה צִיצַ֤ת נֹבֵל֙ צְבִ֣י תִפְאַרְתֹּ֔ו...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    BOOK 3 PROPHECIES FROM THE ACCESSION OF HEZEKIAH TO THE DEATH OF SARGON 727-705 B.C. THE prophecies with which we have been engaged (Chapter s 2-10:4) fall either before or during the great Assyrian...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE DECAY OF AN INTEMPERATE PEOPLE Isaiah 28:1-13 A new series of prophecies begins here and extends to Isaiah 32:20. Samaria is described as a faded crown or garland on the nation's head because it...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Here begins the third and last circle of the first division of the book. It consists of a series of prophecies concerning the chosen people and the world. In this chapter we have a graphic revelation...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And the glorious beauty, which [is] on the head of the rich valley, shall be a fading flower, [and] as (d) the early fruit before the summer; which [when] he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is ye...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Up. Theglathphalassar was captivated with the beauty of the country, and made it tributary. But Salmanasar, fearing a revolt, destroyed it, 4 Kings xvii. 4._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    We shall find the best illustration of the things here spoken by reading with it the prophecy of Hosea who had delivered the greater part of his prophecy somewhat about fifty years before this part of...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    4._And the excellence of its glory. _He repeats nearly the same words; for we know how difficult it is to terrify and humble those who have been blinded by prosperity, and whose eyes success covers in...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Chapter 28 sets before us the first elements of these final scenes in the history of this wonderful people. The scourge comes from the north. Ephraim is invaded as by an overflowing torrent, by a temp...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE GLORIOUS BEAUTY WHICH IS ON THE HEAD OF THE FAT VALLEY,.... Meaning the riches and fruitfulness of the ten tribes, and especially of Samaria the head of them: SHALL BE A FADING FLOWER; as bef...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Behold, the Lord hath_ Namely, at his command, prepared and ready to execute his judgments; _a mighty and strong one_ Shalmaneser, the king of Assyria; _which, as a tempest of hail, &c., shall cast d...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    CONCERNING SAMARIA AND JERUSALEM. Chapter s 28 to 33 in the Book of Isaiah contain a cycle of prophecies and proclamations concerning the relation of Judah to Assyria in the time of King Hezekiah. Aha...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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, that is, it will happen to the fading flower of Ephraim's beauty, w...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    EATETH IT UP: _ Heb._ swalloweth...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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 overcome with wine are overcome by Satan;...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    AS THE HASTY FRUIT; which coming before the season, and before other fruits, is most acceptable; which as soon as a man sees he covets it, and plucks it off, yet doth not long enjoy it, but through gr...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 28:4 glorious H6643 beauty H8597 fading H5034 (H8802) flower H6733 head H7218 verdant H8081 valley H1516 fruit

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE FIRST WOE. THE COMING JUDGMENT ON EPHRAIM BECAUSE OF ITS PARLOUS CONDITION (ISAIAH 28:1). Here Israel is depicted as a drunken festival king, proudly wearing a garland of faded flowers, while sad...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Woe of Ephriam due to drunkenness. Prediction of Assyrian captivity of Ephriam. Ephriam's fate a warning to Judah. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The glorious beauty and the plenty of the lan...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Isaiah 28:1. _The crown of pride._ Sebaste, the ancient Samaria, is situated on a long mount of an oval figure, having first a fruitful valley, and then a circle of hills running round about it. _Maun...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Woe to the crown of pride Chapter twenty-eight is the first of a great group of representative discourses, chaps._ 28-32, all dealing with the relation of Judah to Assyria, and all enforcing the sam...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 28:1 God’s Sovereign Word Spoken into the World: “Ah!” God controls history (chs. Isaiah 28:1), moving events toward final judgment and salvation (chs.

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 28:2 ONE WHO IS MIGHTY AND STRONG. Assyria. ⇐ ⇔...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    ENGLAND’S CRYING SIN Isaiah 28:1. _Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, &c.,_ [1102] [1102] See pages 116 and 127. Ephraim one of the most important of the tribes. It occupied som...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    SECTION VII. RENEWED DENUNCIATIONS OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH (CH. 28-31.) EXPOSITION ISAIAH 28:1 A WARNING TO SAMARIA. The prophet has now east his eagle glance

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Chapter 28. Now the prophet turns to the local present issues. He is now... he's gone off down the road to the end of things. Now he comes back and he begins to speak of the Northern Kingdom, the majo...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Hosea 13:1; Hosea 13:15; Hosea 6:4; Hosea 9:10; Hosea 9:11;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    He eateth — Which, as soon as a man sees he plucks it off, and devours it, as soon as he can get it into his hand. And so shall it be with Ephraim's glory, which his enemies shall devour greedily....

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