Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageWoe to the proud crown of Ephraim's drunkards, to that fading flower of their glorious beauty, perched high above the lush valley — those brought low by wine!
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GWoe to the crown of pride of Efrayim's drunkards, and to the withering blossom of his glorious beauty — that sits atop the head of the fat valley — those struck down by wine!
KJV
King James VersionWoe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!
BSB
Berean Standard BibleWoe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the fading flower of his glorious splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, the pride of those overcome by wine.
Footnotes
הוֹי (*hoy*) is a funeral cry of lament that opens prophetic judgment oracles with the feel of a dirge for the living. The phrase 'crown of pride' (עֲטֶרֶת גֵּאוּת, *ateret ge'ut*) is bitterly ironic: Samaria, the capital of the Northern Kingdom, sat on a hill like a wreath upon a head — its very geography becoming its epitaph. The 'fat valley' (*gey shemanim*) evokes the lush Jezreel plain surrounding the city. FOG preserves the dark geographical irony; FOG Message draws out the emotional weight of beauty thrown away.
