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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 28:1-8

Here, I. The prophet warns the kingdom of the ten tribes of the judgments that were coming upon them for their sins, which were soon after executed by the king of Assyria, who laid their country waste, and carried the people into captivity. Ephraim had his name from fruitfulness, their soil being very fertile and the products of it abundant and the best of the kind; they had a great many fat valleys (Isa. 28:1, 4), and Samaria, which was situated on a hill, was, as it were, on the head of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 28:7

But they also have erred through wine ,.... Either they that sat in judgment, and turned the battle to the gate, as Jarchi interprets it: or rather, since the Lord was a spirit of judgment and strength to those, the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin in later times are meant, in the latter end of Hezekiah's reign, or in the times of Manasseh, or nearer the Babylonish captivity; these tribes, which professed the true religion, and who had the word, and worship, and ordinances of God among them,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 28:8

For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness ,.... The one signifies what is spued out of a man's mouth, his stomach being overcharged, and the other his excrements; and both give a just, though nauseous, idea of a drunken man. This vice was very common; men of all ranks and degrees were infected with it, rulers and people; and no wonder that the common people ran into it, when such examples were set them; the tables of the priests, who ate of the holy things in the holy place, and the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:1-8

The evil of excess: a sermon on intemperance. The allusion here is to the prevalent baneful vice of intemperance. The evils which are connected with it, and which constitute its condemnation, are such as belong to other kinds of excess, but especially and emphatically to it . I. HONOR IS HUMILIATED BY IT . "The crown of pride is trodden under feet" ( Isaiah 28:1 , Isaiah 28:3 ). The proud city, which was, alas! a city given up to drunkenness, should be brought down to the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:7

They also . Judah, no less than Ephraim (see Isaiah 28:1 , Isaiah 28:3 ). It has been questioned whether literal intoxication is meant, and suggested that Judah "imitated the pride and unbelief and spiritual intoxication of Ephraim" (Kay). But the numerous passages which tax both the Israelites and the Jews of the period with drunkenness ( Isaiah 5:11 , Isaiah 5:22 ; Isaiah 22:13 ; Isaiah 56:12 ; Hosea 4:11 ; Hosea 7:5 ; Amos 6:6 , etc.), are best understood literally.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:7

The moral deterioration of self-indulgent habits. "They err in vision, they stumble in judgment." Isaiah treats wine and strong drink in much the same way as we do now. To him it was the prominent instance, and so it could be made the type, of self-indulgence, which has many forms and many expressions. Certain very manifest degradations follow on indulgence in strong drink, or in opium, or in morphia, and in these cases oppressive illustrations are given of the evils that attend lesser or... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:7-10

JUDAH 'S SINFULNESS . The reformation effected by Hezekiah was but a half-reformation. It put away idolatry, but it left untouched a variety of moral evils, as: 1. Drunkenness. Judah was no whir behind Ephraim in respect of this vice. The very priests and "prophets" gave way to the disgusting habit, and came drunk to the most solemn functions of religious teaching and hearing causes. 2. Scorn and mockery of God's true prophets. The teaching of Isaiah was made light of by the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:7-13

The mockers and the prophet. Here, it appears, the scene changes to Jerusalem. And we should compare the picture of drunkenness and luxury with that in Amos 6:1-7 and Micah 2:11 . I. THE PRIESTS AND PROPHETS OF THE TIME . They are seen reeling and staggering in the midst of, or as they come from, their most sacred functions. It is a strong and indignant description of drunkenness in general (cf. Proverbs 20:1 ). What more humiliating than the spectacle! To have "put... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:8

So that there is no place clean. This is probably the true meaning, though the prophet simply says, "There is no place" (comp. Isaiah 5:8 ). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 28:7

But they also have erred through wine - In the previous verses the prophet had said that the kingdom of Judah should be saved, while that of Ephraim should be destroyed. Yet he does not deny that they also were guilty of crimes for which punishment would come upon them. To portray these crimes, and to declare the certain judgment which awaited them, is the design of the remainder of the chapter. The word rendered ‘have erred’ (שׁגוּ shâgû) refers usually to the fact that people “stagger” or... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 28:1-8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 28:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 28:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:7-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:7-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 28:7

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