What does Isaiah 28:3 Mean?

Verse Meaning

With prophetic perfect tenses, Isaiah predicted the overthrow of Ephraim and its leaders. It was as good as accomplished. With hand ( Isaiah 28:2) and foot ( Isaiah 28:3), God would throw down and trample His people. [source][source]

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Context Summary

A new series of prophecies begins here and extends to Isaiah 32:20. Samaria is described as a faded crown or garland on the nation's head because it was disgraced by the national drunkenness. See Amos 4:1. So corrupted was she by strong drink and its attendant evils that the Assyrian invader would plunder her as a man gathers ripe figs. But to Judah, that is, the remnant, the Lord would be a crown or garland, not of pride but of glory. His beauty would not be as a fading flower, but a lasting diadem. What wine is to the sensuous man, that God is to the spiritual. See Ephesians 5:18. You that have to form right judgments, and you that have to turn the battle from the gate, will find all your need in Him. In Isaiah 28:7-8 we have a terrible picture of widespread effects of strong drink; and in Isaiah 28:9-10 the prophet recites the ribald remarks addressed to himself by the roisterers of those evil days. He replies that God would Himself answer them by the stern accents of the Assyrian tongue, which would sound like stammering, Isaiah 28:11; and this would befall them because they would not need the wooing accents of His love, Isaiah 28:12. [source]

Chapter Summary: Isaiah 28

¹  The prophet threatens Ephraim for their pride and drunkenness
⁵  The residue shall be advanced in the kingdom of Christ
⁷  He rebukes their error
⁹  Their unwillingness to learn
¹⁴  And their security
¹⁶  Christ the sure foundation is promised
¹⁷  Their security shall be tried
²³  They are incited to the consideration of God's providence