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Isaiah pronounces woe on the proud leaders of Ephraim and Judah who mock God’s warnings and rely on human schemes. Their drunkenness and spiritual blindness prevent them from understanding God’s word. God declares that their false security will collapse; only what He establishes will endure.
The chapter introduces the image of a tested cornerstone laid by God—firm, reliable, and unshakable—contrasted with unstable human foundations.
Christ is the sure cornerstone laid by God. Those who trust in Him will not be shaken, while false securities fail.
Isaiah 28 — “A Sure Foundation” (COMBINED CORE-MESSAGE STYLE)
🎯 Core Message: Prideful leaders collapse, but God lays a tested cornerstone for all who trust Him.
Song Lyrics (Combined + Clear)
Verse 1
Woe to the crown of drunken pride,
Fading flower on the hillside.
The boast that shone at morning’s rise
Is trampled down before our eyes.
Leaders stagger, words grow thin,
Vision blurs through cups of sin.
What should guide the people straight
Leads them now to stumble late.
Chorus
Pride will fall, the boast won’t stand,
Every lie slips through the hand.
But God Himself has set in place
A rock that time cannot erase.
Trust the stone He’s laid secure—
Who builds on Him will stand sure.
Verse 2
Scoffers say, “We’re safe from harm,
We’ve made our deals, we’ve worked the charm.
Death won’t touch us, we’ve planned ahead,”
But refuge built on lies is dead.
Hail will sweep the shelter bare,
Floods expose the false repair.
What you trusted disappears—
Truth remains when storms are near.
Chorus
Pride will fall, the boast won’t stand,
Every lie slips through the hand.
But God Himself has set in place
A rock that time cannot erase.
Trust the stone He’s laid secure—
Who builds on Him will stand sure.
Bridge
Line by line, the lesson taught,
Precept learned where pride is caught.
God’s strange work, yet faithful still,
He disciplines to heal our will.
The plowman knows when time is right—
Justice comes with measured might.
Final Chorus
Behold the stone in Zion laid,
Tested, precious, not delayed.
Whoever trusts will not give way,
No panic in the final day.
The Lord of hosts alone is true—
A sure foundation built for you.
Outro
Not drunken crowns, not clever lies—
Only truth that never dies.
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