en_tn/isa/28/03.md

translationWords

• en:tw:ephraim
• en:tw:fig
• en:tw:glory
• en:tw:hand
• en:tw:head
• en:tw:proud

translationNotes

• Isaiah continues to compare the people of Ephraim and Samaria to a dying flower. (See: en:bible:notes:isa:28:01)
• The proud garland of the drunkards of Ephraim will be trodden underfoot - AT: "Like stepping on a flower the enemy army will crush the proud drunkards of Ephraim" (See: en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_metonymy)
• The fading flower of his glorious beauty, that is on the head of the rich valley - This refers to the city of Samaria. (See: en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_metonymy)
• will be as the first ripe fig...gulps it down - This emphasizes that when the enemies of Israel see all the beauty of Samaria they will quickly plunder it and take away all its good things. (See: :en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_simile)