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Isaiah continues to compare the people of Ephraim and Samaria to a dying flower. (See: Isaiah 28:1)
The proud garland of the drunkards of Ephraim will be trodden underfoot
AT: "Like stepping on a flower the enemy army will crush the proud drunkards of Ephraim" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
The fading flower of his glorious beauty, that is on the head of the rich valley
This refers to the city of Samaria. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
will be as the first ripe fig...gulps it down
This emphasizes that when the enemies of Israel see all the beauty of Samaria they will quickly plunder it and take away all its good things. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)