27:11. Its harvest shall be destroyed with drought, women shall come and teach it: for it is not a wise people, therefore he that made it, shall not have mercy on it: and he that formed it, shall not spare it. 27:12. And it shall come to pass, that in that day the Lord will strike from the channel of the river even to the torrent of Egypt, and you shall be gathered together one by one, O ye children of Israel. 27:13. And it shall come to pass, that in that day a noise shall be made with a great trumpet, and they that were lost, shall come from the land of the Assyrians, and they that were outcasts in the land of Egypt, and they shall adore the Lord in the holy mount in Jerusalem. A great trumpet. . .The preaching of the gospel for the conversion of the Jews. Isaias Chapter 28 The punishment of the Israelites, for their pride, intemperance, and contempt of religion. Christ the cornerstone. 28:1. Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower the glory his joy, who were on the head of the fat valley, staggering with wine. Ephraim. . .That is, the kingdom of the ten tribes.--Ibid. The head of the fat valley. . .Samaria, situate on a hill, having under it a most fertile valley. 28:2. Behold the Lord is mighty and strong, as a storm of hail: a destroying whirlwind, as the violence of many waters overflowing, and sent forth upon a spacious land. 28:3. The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under feet. 28:4. And the fading tower the glory of his joy, who is on the head of the fat valley, shall be as a hasty fruit before the ripeness of autumn: which when he that seeth it shall behold, as soon he taketh it in his hand, he will eat it up. 28:5. In that day the Lord of hosts shall be a crown of glory, and a garland of joy to the residue of his people: 28:6. And a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and strength to them that return out of the battle to the gate. 28:7. But these also have been ignorant through wine, and through drunkenness have erred: the priest and the prophet have been ignorant through drunkenness, they are swallowed up with wine, they have gone astray in drunkenness, they have not known him that seeth, they have been ignorant of judgment. These also. . .The kingdom of Juda. 28:8. For all the tables were full of vomit and filth, so that there was no more place. 28:9. Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand the hearing? them that are weaned from the milk, that are drawn away from the breasts. 28:10. For command, command again; command, command again; expect, expect again; a little there, a little there. Command, command again, etc. . .This is said in the person of the Jews, resisting the repeated commands of God, and still putting him off. 28:11. For with the speech of lips, and with another tongue he will speak to this people.