Isaiah 28:6

And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to those that drive back the battle to the gate [of the enemy].

Leeser Tanakh

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

5On that day will the Lord of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people,

7But these also are now stumbling through wine, and reeling through strong drink: priest and prophet are stumbling through strong drink, they are overpowered with wine, they reel through strong drink; they stumble in [divine] vision, they are unsteady in giving judgment.

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Cross References

Numbers 11:16And the Lord said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and its officers; and take them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall stand there with thee.

Deuteronomy 20:4For the Lord your God it is who goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to help you.

1 Kings 3:28And when all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had given, they feared the king; for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to exercise justice.

Psalms 18:32(18:33) He is the God that girdeth me with strength, and rendereth my way unobstructed.

Psalms 46:11(46:12) The Lord of hosts is with us; a defence unto us is the God of Jacob. Selah.

Proverbs 20:8A king that sitteth on the throne of justice scattereth away with his eyes all evil.

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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