[28:1] The kingdom of Israel is doomed! Its glory is fading like the crowns of flowers on the heads of its drunken leaders. Their proud heads are well perfumed, but there they lie, dead drunk.
[28:2] The Lord has someone strong and powerful ready to attack them, someone who will come like a hailstorm, like a torrent of rain, like a rushing, overpowering flood, and will overwhelm the land.
[28:3] The pride of those drunken leaders will be trampled underfoot.
[28:4] The fading glory of those proud leaders will disappear like the first figs of the season, picked and eaten as soon as they are ripe.
[28:5] A day is coming when the Lord Almighty will be like a glorious crown of flowers for his people who survive.
[28:6] He will give a sense of justice to those who serve as judges, and courage to those who defend the city gates from attack.