Isaiah 28:7
And further, these are uncertain through wine, and have gone out of the right way through strong drink: the priest and the prophet are uncertain through strong drink, they are overcome by wine, they have gone out of the way through strong drink; their vision is false, they go wrong in their decisions.
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In Context
8For all the tables are covered with coughed-up food, so that there is not a clean place.
Cross References
Psalms 107:27They are turned here and there, rolling like a man who is full of wine; and all their wisdom comes to nothing.
Proverbs 31:4It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to take wine, or for rulers to say, Where is strong drink?
Isaiah 3:12As for my people, their ruler is acting like a child, and those who have authority over them are women. O my people, your guides are the cause of your wandering, turning your footsteps out of the right way.
Isaiah 5:22Cursed are those who are strong to take wine, and great in making mixed drinks!
Isaiah 9:15The man who is honoured and responsible is the head, and the prophet who gives false teaching is the tail.
Isaiah 22:13But in place of these there was joy and delight, oxen and sheep were being made ready for food, there was feasting and drinking: men said, Now is the time for food and wine, for tomorrow death comes.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 28:2-9
Ephraim Reproved and Threatened; The Punishment of Ephraim; ( b. c. 725.) 1 Woe 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! 2 Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand. 3 The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet: 4 And… Read the whole commentary →