Isaiah 28:7

But they also have gone astray through yayin, 1 and through strong drink are out of the way; 1 the kohen and the navi have erred through strong drink, 1 they are swallowed up with yayin, 1 they are out of the way through strong drink; 1 they go astray from the vision, 1 they stumble in rendering decisions. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

In Context

6And for a ruach mishpat 1 to him that sitteth in mishpat, 1 and for gevurah to them 1 that turn back the milchamah at the gate. 1

8For all shulchanot are full of vomit and filthiness, 1 so that there is no makom (place) clean. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 107:27They reeled and staggered like a shikkor, 1 and were at their witʼs end. 1

Proverbs 31:4It is not for melachim, O Lemuel, 1 it is not for melachim to drink yayin; 1 nor for rulers to crave strong drink; 1

Isaiah 3:12As for My people, children are their nogesim (taskmasters), 1 and nashim rule over them. 1 O My people, they which lead thee cause thee to go astray, 1 misleading and swallowing up the Derech Orkhot (way of paths) of thee. 1

Isaiah 5:22Hoy unto them that are Gibborim to drink yayin, 1 and anshei chayil to mix shechar; 1

Isaiah 9:15For the me'ashrei HaAm HaZeh (leaders of this people) cause them to err; 1 and they that are led of them are destroyed. 1

Isaiah 22:13And hinei sasson and simchah, 1 slaughter of bakar and ritual slaughter of tzon, 1 eating basar, and drinking yayin; 1 let us eat and drink; for makhar we shall die. 1

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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