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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
they	אֵ֙לֶּה֙ 'e.leh	H428	these or those · demonstrative particle
erred	שָׁג֔וּ sha.Gu	H7686	to stray (causatively · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
wine	בַּיַּ֣יִן bai.Ya.yin	H3196	wine (as fermented) · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
drink	וּבַשֵּׁכָ֖ר u.va.she.Khar	H7941	an intoxicant · conjunction + preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
way	תָּע֑וּ ta.'U	H8582	to vacillate · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
priest	כֹּהֵ֣ן ko.Hen	H3548	literally one officiating · noun, common masculine singular absolute
prophet	וְנָבִיא֩ ve.na.Vi'	H5030	a prophet or (generally) inspired man · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
erred	שָׁג֨וּ sha.Gu	H7686	to stray (causatively · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
drink	בַשֵּׁכָ֜ר va.she.Khar	H7941	an intoxicant · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
up	נִבְלְע֣וּ niv.le.'U	H1104	to make away with (specifically by swallowing) · verb, niphal perfect, 3rd person common plural
of	מִן min-	H4480	properly · preposition
wine	הַיַּ֗יִן hai.Ya.yin	H3196	wine (as fermented) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
way	תָּעוּ֙ ta.'U	H8582	to vacillate · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
drink	הַשֵּׁכָ֔ר ha.she.Khar	H7941	an intoxicant · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
err	שָׁגוּ֙ sha.Gu	H7686	to stray (causatively · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
vision	בָּֽרֹאֶ֔ה ba.ro.'Eh	H7203	a seer (as often rendered) · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
stumble	פָּק֖וּ pa.Ku	H6328	to waver · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
judgment	פְּלִילִיָּֽה pe.li.li.Yah	H6417	judicature · noun, common feminine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Isaiah 56:10-12 His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
Luke 21:34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so th…
Proverbs 20:1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Ecclesiastes 10:17 Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
Isaiah 19:14 The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man stag…
Micah 2:11 If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the pro…
Matthew 24:29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall f…
Leviticus 10:9-10 Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall…

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 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, Isa 28:4), and Samaria, which was situated on a hill, was, as it were, on the head of the fat valleys. Their country was rich and pleasant, and as the garden of the Lord: it was the glory of Canaan, as that was the glory of all lands; their harvest and vintage were the glorious beauty…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 28:7

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, Isa 5:11), 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, Isa 56:12)! 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 (Deu 17:9; Deu 19:17). It was against the law for the priests to take wine before entering the tabernacle (Lev…

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John Gill on 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, even these were guilty of the same sin of drunkenness, as the ten tribes that had apostatized; there were the drunkards of Judah, as well Ephraim, who "erred through wine"; they erred and strayed from the…

The Church Fathers

In fact, our fathers passed their lives in hunger, thirst and great mortification, by which they acquired purity. Above all they fled the wine habit, which is full of every evil. Troubles, tumults and disorders are caused in our members through the abuse of wine; this is a passion full of sin, it is sterility and the withering of fruit. For sensuality in unquenchable thirst stupefies the understanding, makes conscience overbold and snaps the rein on the tongue. Total joy is when we do not grieve the Holy Spirit, or become deranged by sensuality. As it is said, "The priest and the prophet were deranged by wine." … Therefore, all who have prepared to become disciples of Jesus should abstain from wine and drunkenness.
— Pachomius the Great, INSTRUCTIONS 45

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Sychar — Liar or drunkard (see Isa. 28:1, 7), has been from the time of the Crusaders usually identified with Sychem or Shechem (John 4:5). It has now, however, as the result of recent explorations, been…
Wine — The common Hebrew word for wine is yayin, from a root meaning “to boil up,” “to be in a ferment.” Others derive it from a root meaning “to tread out,” and hence the juice of the grape trodden out.…
Drunkenness · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Israel, Prophecies Concerning · .Of — .Of
Priests · Were sometimes: Drunken — Were sometimes: Drunken
Prophets, False · Described as: Drunken — Described as: Drunken
Wine · In excess: Impairs the judgment and memory — In excess: Impairs the judgment and memory

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Isaiah 28:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 28:1-8

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 28:7

John Gill on Isaiah 28:7

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Isaiah 28:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 28:1-8

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 28:7

John Gill on Isaiah 28:7

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Isaiah 28:7

Keil & Delitzsch on Isaiah 28:7-8

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Isaiah 28:7-13

Rashi on Isaiah 28:7