Isaiah 28 - Introduction

A.M. 3279. B.C. 725.

In this chapter the Ephraimites are reproved for their pride and drunkenness, their security and sensuality, Isaiah 28:1. A gracious promise of God's favour is made to Judah, termed the residue of his people, Isaiah 28:5; Isaiah 28:6. A reproof is given to many of them also, for the same vices, and for their stupidity and unteachableness under the instructions which the prophets gave them in the name of God, Isaiah 28:7. Their rulers are reproved and threatened for their contempt of God's judgments; and, after a gracious promise of Christ and his grace, they are given to know that their hopes of escaping the judgments of God were false, and would certainly deceive them, Isaiah 28:14. All this is confirmed by a comparison drawn from the method which the husbandman takes with his ground and grain, Isaiah 28:23.