Isaiah 28:6

And a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and strength to them that return out of the battle to the gate.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.

In Context

5In that day the Lord of hosts shall be a crown of glory, and a garland of joy to the residue of his people:

7But these also have been ignorant through wine, and through drunkenness have erred: the priest and the prophet have been ignorant through drunkenness, they are swallowed up with wine, they have gone astray in drunkenness, they have not known him that seeth, they have been ignorant of judgment.

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Cross References

Numbers 11:16And the Lord said to Moses: Gather unto me seventy men of the ancients of Israel, whom thou knowest to be ancients and masters of the people: and thou shalt bring them to the door of the tabernacle of the covenant, and shalt make them stand there with thee,

Deuteronomy 20:4Because the Lord your God is in the midst of you, and will fight for you against your enemies, to deliver you from danger.

1 Kings 3:28And all Israel heard the judgment which the king had judged, and they feared the king, seeing that the wisdom of God was in him to do judgment.

Psalms 18:32For who is God but the Lord? or who is God but our God?

Psalms 46:11Be still and see that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, and I will be exalted in the earth.

Proverbs 20:8The king, that sitteth on the throne of judgment, scattereth away all evil with his look.

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 →

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