Isaiah 28:7

But they haue erred because of wine, and are out of the way by strong drinke: the priest and the prophet haue erred by strong drinke: they are swallowed vp with wine: they haue gone astraye through strong drinke: they faile in vision: they stumble in iudgement.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 spirite of iudgement to him that sitteth in iudgement, and for strength vnto them that turne away the battell to the gate.

8For all their tables are full of filthy vomiting: no place is cleane.

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Cross References

Psalms 107:27They are tossed to and from, and stagger like a drunken man, and all their cunning is gone.

Proverbs 31:4It is not for Kings, O Lemuel, it is not for Kings to drink wine nor for princes strog drinke,

Isaiah 3:12Children are extortioners of my people, and women haue rule ouer them: O my people, they that leade thee, cause thee to erre, and destroy the way of thy paths.

Isaiah 5:22Wo vnto them that are mightie to drinke wine, and to them that are strong to powre in strong drinke:

Isaiah 9:15The ancient and the honorable man, he is the head: and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the taile.

Isaiah 22:13And beholde, ioy and gladnes, slaying oxen and killing sheepe, eating flesh, and drinking wine, eating and drinking: for to morowe we shall die.

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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