Isaiah 28:4
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And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.The fading flower of his beautiful splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest: Whoever sees it will take it in his hand and swallow it.
In other translations
And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.The fading flower of his beautiful splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest: Whoever sees it will take it in his hand and swallow it.
Hebrew words
וְהָיְתָהvehayetahand it will beH1961צִיצַתtzitzata flowerH6733נֹבֵלnovel<of> witheringH5034צְבִיtzevi[the] beauty ofH6643תִפְאַרְתּוֹtif'artosplendor itsH8597אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834עַל־'al-[is] onH5921רֹאשׁrosh[the] head ofH7218גֵּיאgei'a valley ofH1516שְׁמָנִיםshemanimfatness<es>H8081כְּבִכּוּרָהּkevikurahlike an early figH1063בְּטֶרֶםbeterem<in> beforeH2962קַיִץkayitzsummerH7019אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834יִרְאֶהyir'ehhe will seeH7200הָרֹאֶהharo'ehthe [one who] seesH7200אוֹתָהּ'otah<obj.> itH853בְּעוֹדָהּbe'odahwhile still itH5750בְּכַפּוֹbekhapo[is] in hand hisH3709יִבְלָעֶנָּה׃ סyivla'enahhe will swallow itH1104
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