7And even these through wine have erred, And through strong drink have wandered, Priest and prophet erred through strong drink, They have been swallowed up of the wine, They wandered because of the strong drink, They have erred in seeing, They have stumbled judicially.
8For all tables have been full of vomit, Filth — without place!
Isaiah 28 is a prophetic courtroom scene where God, through Isaiah, confronts the drunken leaders of Ephraim (the northern kingdom) and then the scoffing rulers of Judah. The chapter moves from a specific judgment on Samaria’s pride to a broader indictment of Jerusalem’s complace
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