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Gann, Windell. "Commentary on Isaiah 28". Gann's Commentary on the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/gbc/isaiah-28.html. 2021.
Gann, Windell. "Commentary on Isaiah 28". Gann's Commentary on the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/
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Verse 1
Isaiah 28:1
A Warning to Jerusalem’s Leaders
To Isaiah, in southern Judah, northern Israel’s approaching end was the result of the people’s refusal to listen to the word of the Lord. There was no reason for Judah to rejoice. Instead, Isaiah used the “fading flower” of Ephraim (another name for Israel) as an object lesson for the rulers in Jerusalem (Isaiah 28:1-29). Jerusalem too can be punished, he declares, though it will not be destroyed (Isaiah 29:6-9). And someday, perhaps, those who had refused to hear will hear; even Israel, the house of Jacob, might be restored (Isaiah 29:17-24).