Isaiah - 28:3



3 The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim will be trodden under foot.

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Explanation and meaning of Isaiah 28:3.

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The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:
By feet trodden down is the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim,
The crown of pride of those who are given up to wine in Ephraim will be crushed under foot;
The arrogant crown of the inebriated of Ephraim will be trampled underfoot.
Pedibus conculabitur corona superbiæ temultorum Ephraim.

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

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."

The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet. Not only cast down with the hand, but trampled upon with the feet; showing their utter destruction, and the contempt with which they should be used; which, with their character, is repeated, to point out their sins, the cause of it, to denote the certainty of it, and that it might be taken notice of.

crown . . . the drunkards--rather, "the crown of the drunkards."

Trodden - The expression is emphatical; the crown which was upon their own heads, shall be trodden under the feet of others; and they, whose drunkenness made them fall to the ground, shall be trodden down there.

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