1	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! [overcome: Heb. broken]
			2	Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing# , shall cast down# to the earth with the hand.
			3	The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden# under feet: [under...: Heb. with feet]
			4	And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading# flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh# upon it seeth# , while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up# . [eateth: Heb. swalloweth]
			5	In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people,
			6	And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth# in judgment, and for strength to them that turn# the battle to the gate.
			7	But they also have erred# through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way# ; the priest and the prophet have erred# through strong drink, they are swallowed up# of wine, they are out of the way# through strong drink; they err# in vision, they stumble# in judgment.
			8	For all tables are full# of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean .
			9	Whom shall he teach# knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand# doctrine? them that are weaned# from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. [doctrine: Heb. the hearing?]
			10	For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: [must be: or, hath been]
			11	For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak# to this people. [stammering...: Heb. stammerings of lip] [will...: or, he hath spoken]
			12	To whom he said# , This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest# ; and this is the refreshing: yet they would# not hear# .
			13	But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go# , and fall# backward, and be broken# , and snared# , and taken# .
			14	Wherefore hear# the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule# this people which is in Jerusalem.
			15	Because ye have said# , We have made# a covenant with death, and with hell are we# at agreement; when the overflowing# scourge# # shall pass through# # # # , it shall not come# unto us: for we have made# lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid# ourselves:
			16	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# .
			17	Judgment also will I lay# to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away# the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow# the hiding place.
			18	And your covenant with death shall be disannulled# , and your agreement with hell shall not stand# ; when the overflowing# scourge shall pass through# , then ye shall be trodden down by it. [trodden...: Heb. a treading down to it]
			19	From the time that it goeth forth# it shall take# you: for morning by morning shall it pass over# , by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand# the report. [to...: or, when he shall make you to understand doctrine]
			20	For the bed is shorter# than that a man can stretch# himself on it : and the covering narrower# than that he can wrap# himself in it .
			21	For the LORD shall rise up# as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth# as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do# his work, his strange# work; and bring to pass# his act, his strange act.
			22	Now therefore be ye not mockers# , lest your bands be made strong# : for I have heard# from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined# upon the whole earth.
			23	Give ye ear# , and hear# my voice; hearken# , and hear# my speech.
			24	Doth the plowman# plow# all day to sow# ? doth he open# and break the clods# of his ground?
			25	When he hath made plain# the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad# the fitches, and scatter# the cummin, and cast# in the principal wheat and the appointed# barley and the rie in their place? [the principal...: or, the wheat in the principal place, and barley in the appointed place] [rie: or, spelt] [place: Heb. border?]
			26	For his God doth instruct# him to discretion, and doth teach# him. [For...: or, And he bindeth it in such sort as his God doth teach him]
			27	For the fitches are not threshed# with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about# upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out# with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.
			28	Bread corn is bruised# ; because he will not ever be threshing# # # it, nor break# it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise# it with his horsemen.
			29	This also cometh forth# from the LORD of hosts, which is wonderful# in counsel, and excellent# in working.