Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 28:1

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1. crown of pride — Hebrew for " proud crown of the drunkards," c. [HORSLEY], namely, Samaria, the capital of Ephraim, or Israel. "Drunkards," literally ( Isaiah 28:7 Isaiah 28:8 ; Isaiah 5:11 ; Isaiah 5:22 ; Amos 4:1 ; Amos 6:1-6 ) and metaphorically, like drunkards, rushing on to their own destruction. beauty . . . flower —"whose glorious beauty or ornament is a fading flower." Carrying on the image of "drunkards"; it was the custom at feasts to wreathe the brow with flowers; so Samaria, "which is (not as English Version, 'which are') upon the head of the fertile valley," that is, situated on a hill surrounded with the rich valleys as a garland ( 1 Kings 16:24 ); but the garland is "fading," as garlands often do, because Ephraim is now close to ruin (compare 1 Kings 16:24- : ); fulfilled 721 B.C. ( 2 Kings 17:6 ; 2 Kings 17:24 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-2" class="com-number"

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