Isaiah 28

Isaiah 28
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The Great Isaiah Scroll, the best preserved of the biblical scrolls found at Qumran from the second century BC, contains all the verses in this chapter.
Book	Book of Isaiah
Hebrew Bible part	Nevi'im
Order in the Hebrew part	5
Category	Latter Prophets
Christian Bible part	Old Testament
Order in the Christian part	23

Isaiah 28 is the twenty-eighth chapter of the Book of Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Isaiah and is one of the Books of the Prophets. The Jerusalem Bible groups chapters 28-35 together as a collection of "poems on Israel and Judah".^[1]

The original text was written in Hebrew language. This chapter is divided into 29 verses.

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis (895), the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets (916), Aleppo Codex (10th century), Codex Leningradensis (1008).^[2]

Fragments containing parts of this chapter were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls (3rd century BC or later):

• 1QIsa^a: complete
• 1QIsa^b: extant: verses 15‑19, 28‑29
• 4QIsa^f (4Q60): extant: verses 6‑9, 16‑18, 22, 28‑29
• 4QIsa^k (4Q64): extant: verses 26‑29

There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus (B; ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {G}}}$^B; 4th century), Codex Sinaiticus (S; BHK: ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {G}}}$^S; 4th century), Codex Alexandrinus (A; ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {G}}}$^A; 5th century) and Codex Marchalianus (Q; ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {G}}}$^Q; 6th century).^[3]

The parashah sections listed here are based on the Aleppo Codex.^[4] Isaiah 28 is a part of the Prophecies about Judah and Israel (Isaiah 24–35). {P}: open parashah; {S}: closed parashah.

{P} 28:1-4 {S} 28:5-6 {S} 28:7-8 {P} 28:9-13 {P} 28:14-15 {P} 28:16-17 {S} 28:18-22 {P} 28:23-29 {P}

Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!^[5]

• "Crown": refers to Samaria, the capital city of the northern kingdom of Israel ("Ephraim"), where the priests and prophets are included among the drunkards (cf. verse 7).^[6]

Therefore thus saith the Lord God,

Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone,

a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation:

he that believeth shall not make haste.^[7]

Cited in Romans 9:33, Ephesians 2:20, 1 Peter 2:6,8^[8][9]

Verses 23–29 constitute a parable or mashal drawn from the "wisdom of the countryman".^[10] He first of all claims the attention of his audience as a teacher of wisdom, next shares his illustration from the approach of the farmer, then "leaves his hearers to interpret and apply the parable themselves".^[10]

• Cornerstone
• Ephraim
• Jerusalem
• Sheol
• Zion
• Related Bible parts: Isaiah 8, Luke 20, Romans 9, Ephesians 2, 1 Peter 2

• Würthwein, Ernst (1995). The Text of the Old Testament. Translated by Rhodes, Erroll F. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans. ISBN 0-8028-0788-7. Retrieved January 26, 2019.

• Isaiah 28 Hebrew with Parallel English

• Isaiah 28 English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate