Isaiah 28:1-29

This chapter must be assigned (Isaiah 28:1) to a date prior to the capture of Samaria by the Assyrians (722 b.c.) and fall of the northern kingdom.

1-6. Samaria's luxury and self-indulgence pave the way to ruin.

7-10. Judah likewise is given up to indulgence and heeds not the prophet's warning,

11-13. Therefore Jehovah will teach the people by means of foreign invasion and disaster.

14-22. Judah's safety lies not in faithless diplomacy, but in trust in Jehovah.

23-29. A parable of Jehovah's way of working, drawn from the action of the husbandman, who conducts his operations in accordance with a wise plan.