Matthew Henry Commentary Isaiah 28:1-4

"Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley of them that are overcome with wine! Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one; as a tempest of hail, a destroying storm, as a tempest of mighty waters overflowing, will he cast down to the earth with the hand. The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under foot: and the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be as the first-ripe fig before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up." — Isaiah 28:1-4 (ASV)

Whatever people are proud of, no matter how insignificant, is like a crown to them; but pride is the forerunner of destruction.

How foolishly drunkards act! Those who are overcome with wine are overcome by Satan; and there is no greater drudgery in the world than hard drinking.

Their health is ruined; they are broken in their vocations and fortunes, and their families are ruined by it. Their souls are in danger of being ruined forever, and all merely to gratify a base lust.

In God's professing people, like Israel, it is worse than in any other. And God is just in taking away the abundance they abuse in this way.

The abundance they were proud of is only a fading flower. Like the early fruit, which, as soon as discovered, is plucked and eaten.