Isaiah 28:6

a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and a strength to those who repel the onslaught at the gate.

Majority Standard Bible

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 the LORD of Hosts will be a crown of glory, a diadem of splendor to the remnant of His people,

7These also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddled by wine. They stumble because of strong drink, muddled in their visions and stumbling in their judgments.

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Cross References

Numbers 11:16Then the LORD said to Moses, “Bring Me seventy of the elders of Israel known to you as leaders and officers of the people. Bring them to the Tent of Meeting and have them stand there with you.

Deuteronomy 20:4For the LORD your God goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.”

1 Kings 3:28When all Israel heard of the judgment the king had given, they stood in awe of him, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.

Psalms 18:32It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way clear.

Psalms 46:11The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

Proverbs 20:8A king who sits on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes.

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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