Isaiah 28:7

But even these reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink. 1 The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, and they are swallowed up by wine. 1 They stagger with strong drink, staggering in vision and reeling in decision. 1

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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

6a spirit of justice for him who sits in judgment, and strength for those who turn back their enemies at their gates. 1

8Truly, all tables are covered with vomit, so that there is no clean place. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 107:27They swayed and staggered like drunkards 1 and were at their wits' end. 1

Proverbs 31:4It is not for kings, Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, 1 or for rulers to crave strong drink, 1

Isaiah 3:12My people—children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. 1 My people, those who guide you lead you astray and confuse the direction of your path. 1

Isaiah 5:22Woe to those who are champions at drinking wine, and masters at mixing strong drinks; 1

Isaiah 9:15The leader and the noble man are the head; and the prophet that teaches lies is the tail. 1

Isaiah 22:13But look, instead, celebration and gladness, killing cattle and slaughtering sheep, 1 eating meat and drinking wine; let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we will 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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