isaiah 28:7 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. - Free Bible Online

isaiah 28:7 And these also reel with wine and stagger from strong drink: The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, They are confused by wine, they stagger from strong drink; They reel while having visions, They totter [when rendering] judgment.


      7. Though Judah is to survive the fall of Ephraim, yet "they also" (the men of Judah) have perpetrated like sins to those of Samaria (Isa 5:3, 11), which must be chastised by God.
      erred . . . are out of the way--"stagger . . . reel." Repeated, to express the frequency of the vice.
      priest . . . prophet--If the ministers of religion sin so grievously, how much more the other rulers (Isa 56:10, 12)!
      vision--even in that most sacred function of the prophet to declare God's will revealed to them.
      judgment--The priests had the administration of the law committed to them (De 17:9; 19:17). It was against the law for the priests to take wine before entering the tabernacle (Le 10:9; Eze 44:21).

JFB.


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