3 The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:
3 That wreath, the pride of Ephraim's drunkards, will be trampled underfoot.
3 The proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim will be trodden underfoot;
3 Samaria, the party hat on Israel's head, will be knocked off with one blow.
3 The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, Will be trampled underfoot;
3 The proud city of Samaria- the glorious crown of the drunks of Israel - will be trampled beneath its enemies' feet.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Isaiah 28:3
Commentary on Isaiah 28:1-4
(Read Isaiah 28:1-4)
What men are proud of, be it ever so mean, is to them as a crown; but pride is the forerunner of destruction. How foolishly drunkards act! Those who are overcome with wine are overcome by Satan; and there is not greater drudgery in the world than hard drinking. Their health is ruined; men are broken in their callings and estates, and their families are ruined by it. Their souls are in danger of being undone for ever, and all merely to gratify a base lust. In God's professing people, like Israel, it is worse than in any other. And he is just in taking away the plenty they thus abuse. The plenty they were proud of, is but a fading flower. Like the early fruit, which, as soon as discovered, is plucked and eaten.