Isaiah 28:1

A century before Isaiah’s time, Omri king of Israel bought a beautiful hill. Omri had selected this hill for the construction of his splendid new capital. He called the city Samaria. ‘Samaria’ sounds like Shemer, which was the name of the previous owner of the hill (see 1 Kings 16:23-24).

• Much *wine has made Samaria’s leaders into drunks. They have forgotten completely their responsibility to look after the city and its inhabitants. As a result, everybody will suffer when an enemy attacks.