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Isaiah 28:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

am 3279, bc 725

the crown: This chapter begins a new subject, chiefly relating to the devastations of Israel and Judah by the Assyrian kings. The ancient Samaria being beautifully situated on the top of a round hill, and surrounded immediately with a rich valley, and then a circle of other hills around it, suggested the idea of a chaplet, or wreath of flowers. Isaiah 28:3; Hosea 5:5, Hosea 6:10

drunkards: Isaiah 28:7, Isaiah 5:11, Isaiah 5:22; Proverbs 23:29; Hosea 4:11, Hosea 7:5; Amos 2:8, Amos 2:12, Amos 6:6

whose: Isaiah 28:4, Isaiah 7:8-9, Isaiah 8:4; 2 Kings 14:25-27, 2 Kings 15:29, 2 Kings 18:10-12; 2 Chronicles 28:6, 2 Chronicles 30:6-7; Amos 6:1

overcome: Heb. broken

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