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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 5:1-30

Isaiah 5:1 . My well-beloved; the Messiah, who certainly was Lord of the Vineyard, and the men of Judah were his pleasant plants. Psalms 80:14-15. Ezekiel 17:6. Hosea 10:1. Matthew 20:1-16. They were a people whom he cultivated, and with whom he delighted as a garden. To understand this vineyard of a fruitful horn is diverting enough; for a horn, like a mountain, is elevated. So Dr. Lowth, for two pages; and so Erasmus makes us merry in his battle of grammarians. Isaiah 5:2 . The... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 5:22-23

Isaiah 5:22-23Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine . . . which justify the wicked for rewardWine-loving lawyers and judgesAmong the men whom Isaiah denounces as the corrupters and destroyers of the society of which they are the leaders, are the unjust lawyers and judges: he mentions as characteristic of them, that they are heroes at drinking, and spice their wine to make it stronger; by which, perhaps, we are to understand, not that their heads and senses were overcome with wine like the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 5:22

Isa 5:22 Woe unto [them that are] mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink: Ver. 22. Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine. ] Iterate taxat hoc vitium, eo quod invaluerat. The prophet inveigheth against this vice a second time, because it was grown so common. Drunkards also are a sottish kind of creatures, and had therefore more than need to be double dealt with; like as physicians use to give double quantities to such as have palsies or epilepsies, so to awaken... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 5:23

Isa 5:23 Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him! Ver. 23. Which justify the wicked for reward, ] q.d., Woe to such also, for even they both are abomination to the Lord Pro 17:15 Isa 1:23 See Trapp on " Pro 17:15 " read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Isaiah 5:22

mighty: Isaiah 5:11, Isaiah 28:1-Leviticus :, Isaiah 28:7, Proverbs 23:19, Proverbs 23:20, Habakkuk 2:15 Reciprocal: Psalms 75:8 - it is full Proverbs 23:29 - Who hath woe Isaiah 56:12 - I will Hosea 7:5 - made Amos 2:6 - because Habakkuk 2:5 - he transgresseth Ephesians 5:18 - be not read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Isaiah 5:23

justify: Exodus 23:6-1 Samuel :, Proverbs 17:15, Proverbs 24:24, Proverbs 31:4, Proverbs 31:5 for reward: Isaiah 1:23, Deuteronomy 16:19, 2 Chronicles 19:7, Proverbs 17:23, Micah 3:11, Micah 7:3 take: Isaiah 10:2, 1 Kings 21:13, Psalms 94:21, Matthew 23:35, Matthew 27:24, Matthew 27:25, James 5:6 Reciprocal: Exodus 23:8 - thou shalt take Deuteronomy 25:1 - General Psalms 50:17 - castest Psalms 50:18 - consentedst Proverbs 18:5 - to overthrow Isaiah 32:7 - instruments Isaiah 59:14 - ... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Isaiah 5:22

Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:To mingle — To drink: the antecedent being put for the consequent: for they mingled it in order to drinking. read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Isaiah 5:23

Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!Take away — Pronounce sentence against him. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 5:22-23

Sixth woe on public dissoluteness, Isaiah 5:22-23. Drunkards, too, again receive their woe; (see Isaiah 5:11;) where the people indulge in thoughtless, rollicking dissoluteness. 22, 23. Drink wine… strong drink Here the terrible evil is contemplated as affecting those intrusted with the administrative interests of the nation. How can magistrates with reeling brain and besotted soul adjudge the rights of the poor and the weak? read more