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The priests and prophets stagger with alcohol and lose themselves in wine. They reel when they see visions and stagger as they render decisions. <a href="/esv/isaiah/28.htm">English Standard Version</a> These also reel with wine and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are swallowed by wine, they stagger with strong drink, they reel in vision, they stumble in giving judgment. <a href="/bsb/isaiah/28.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> These also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddled by wine. They stumble because of strong drink, muddled in their visions and stumbling in their judgments. <a href="/kjv/isaiah/28.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/isaiah/28.htm">New King James Version</a> But they also have erred through wine, And through intoxicating drink are out of the way; The priest and the prophet have erred through intoxicating drink, They are swallowed up by wine, They are out of the way through intoxicating drink; They err in vision, they stumble in judgment. <a href="/nasb_/isaiah/28.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And these also reel with wine and stagger from intoxicating drink: The priest and the prophet reel with intoxicating drink, They are confused by wine, they stagger from intoxicating drink; They reel while having visions, They stagger when rendering a verdict. <a href="/nasb/isaiah/28.htm">NASB 1995</a> 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. <a href="/nasb77/isaiah/28.htm">NASB 1977 </a> 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. <a href="/lsb/isaiah/28.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And these also reel with wine and stagger from strong drink: The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink; They are swallowed up by wine, they stagger from strong drink; They reel while having visions; They totter when rendering a verdict. <a href="/amp/isaiah/28.htm">Amplified Bible</a> But even these 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 seeing visions, They stagger when pronouncing judgment. <a href="/csb/isaiah/28.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Even these stagger because of wine and stumble under the influence of beer: Priest and prophet stagger because of beer. They are confused by wine. They stumble because of beer. They are muddled in their visions. They stumble in their judgments. <a href="/hcsb/isaiah/28.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> These also stagger because of wine and stumble under the influence of beer: priest and prophet stagger because of beer, they are confused by wine. They stumble because of beer, they are muddled in their visions, they stumble in their judgments. <a href="/asv/isaiah/28.htm">American Standard Version</a> And even these reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they stagger with strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment. <a href="/cev/isaiah/28.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Priests and prophets stumble because they are drunk. Their minds are too confused to receive God's messages or give honest decisions. <a href="/erv/isaiah/28.htm">English Revised Version</a> But these also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are gone astray; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are gone astray through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment. <a href="/gwt/isaiah/28.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Priests and prophets stagger from wine and wobble from too much liquor. They stagger from too much liquor and become confused from too much wine. They wobble because of their liquor. They stagger when they see visions. They swerve as they judge. <a href="/gnt/isaiah/28.htm">Good News Translation</a> Even the prophets and the priests are so drunk that they stagger. They have drunk so much wine and liquor that they stumble in confusion. The prophets are too drunk to understand the visions that God sends, and the priests are too drunk to decide the cases that are brought to them. <a href="/isv/isaiah/28.htm">International Standard Version</a> These people also stagger from wine and reel from strong drink. Priests and prophets stagger from strong drink; they're drunk from wine; they reel from strong drink, waver when seeing visions, and stumble when rendering decisions. <a href="/net/isaiah/28.htm">NET Bible</a> Even these men stagger because of wine, they stumble around because of beer--priests and prophets stagger because of beer, they are confused because of wine, they stumble around because of beer; they stagger while seeing prophetic visions, they totter while making legal decisions. <a href="/nheb/isaiah/28.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> They also reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink. The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink. They are swallowed up by wine. They stagger with strong drink. They err in vision. They stumble in judgment. <a href="/wbt/isaiah/28.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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 overwhelmed with wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.<div class="vheading2">Majority Text Translations</div><a href="/msb/isaiah/28.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> These also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddled by wine. They stumble because of strong drink, muddled in their visions and stumbling in their judgments. <a href="/web/isaiah/28.htm">World English Bible</a> They also reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink. The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink. They are swallowed up by wine. They stagger with strong drink. They err in vision. They stumble in judgment. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/isaiah/28.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And even these have erred through wine, "" And have wandered through strong drink, "" 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. <a href="/ylt/isaiah/28.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And 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. <a href="/slt/isaiah/28.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And these also went astray by wine, and by strong drink they erred; the priest and the prophet went astray by strong drink, they were swallowed up from wine, they erred from strong drink, they went astray in seeing, they wavered in judgment.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/isaiah/28.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> But these also have been ignorant through wine, and through drunkenness have erred: the priest and the prophet have been ignorant through drunkenness, they are swallowed up with wine, they have gone astray in drunkenness, they have not known him that seeth, they have been ignorant of judgment. <a href="/cpdv/isaiah/28.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Yet truly, these also have been ignorant due to wine, and they have gone astray due to inebriation. The priest and the prophet have been ignorant because of inebriation. They have been absorbed by wine. They have staggered in drunkenness. They have not known the One who sees. They have been ignorant of judgment. <a href="/nabre/isaiah/28.htm">New American Bible</a> But these also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priest and prophet stagger from strong drink, overpowered by wine; They are confused by strong drink, they stagger in their visions, they totter when giving judgment. <a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/28.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> These also reel with wine and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are confused with wine, they stagger with strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in giving judgment.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/28.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> But these also have erred with wine, and with strong drink are gone astray; the priests and the prophets have erred with strong drink, they are overcome with wine, they stagger with strong drink, they err in judgment with drunkenness, they eat immoderately. <a href="/hpbt/isaiah/28.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Also these have erred by wine and by liquor. the Priests have erred and the Prophets have erred by strong drink. They were swallowed up by wine they trembled from liquor. They have erred in drunkenness. They ate gluttonously.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/isaiah/28.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> But these also reel through wine, And stagger through strong drink; The priest and the prophet reel through strong drink, They are confused because of wine, They stagger because of strong drink; They reel in vision, they totter in judgment. <a href="/sep/isaiah/28.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> For these have trespassed through wine; they have erred through strong drink: the priest and the prophet are mad through strong drink, they are swallowed up by reason of wine, they have staggered through drunkenness; they have erred: this is their vision. <a href="/parallel/isaiah/28-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=5612" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/isaiah/28.htm">Judgment on Ephraim</a> …6a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and a strength to those who repel the onslaught at the gate. 7<a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428: ’êl·leh (Pro-cp) -- These. Prolonged from 'el; these or those.">These</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: wə·ḡam- (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">also</a> <a href="/hebrew/7686.htm" title="7686: šā·ḡū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- A primitive root; to stray, usually to mistake, especially to transgress; by extension to reel, be enraptured.">stagger</a> <a href="/hebrew/3196.htm" title="3196: bay·ya·yin (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Wine. From an unused root meaning to effervesce; wine; by implication, intoxication.">from wine</a> <a href="/hebrew/8582.htm" title="8582: tā·‘ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To err. A primitive root; to vacillate, i.e. Reel or stray; also causative of both.">and stumble</a> <a href="/hebrew/7941.htm" title="7941: ū·ḇaš·šê·ḵār (Conj-w, Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Intoxicating drink, strong drink. From shakar; an intoxicant, i.e. Intensely alcoholic liquor.">from strong drink:</a> <a href="/hebrew/3548.htm" title="3548: kō·hên (N-ms) -- Priest. Active participle of kahan; literally, one officiating, a priest; also an acting priest.">Priests</a> <a href="/hebrew/5030.htm" title="5030: wə·nā·ḇî (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- A spokesman, speaker, prophet. From naba'; a prophet or inspired man.">and prophets</a> <a href="/hebrew/7686.htm" title="7686: šā·ḡū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- A primitive root; to stray, usually to mistake, especially to transgress; by extension to reel, be enraptured.">reel</a> <a href="/hebrew/7941.htm" title="7941: ḇaš·šê·ḵār (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Intoxicating drink, strong drink. From shakar; an intoxicant, i.e. Intensely alcoholic liquor.">from strong drink</a> <a href="/hebrew/1104.htm" title="1104: niḇ·lə·‘ū (V-Nifal-Perf-3cp) -- To swallow down, swallow up, engulf. A primitive root; to make away with; generally, to destroy.">and are befuddled</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: min- (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">by</a> <a href="/hebrew/3196.htm" title="3196: hay·ya·yin (Art:: N-ms) -- Wine. From an unused root meaning to effervesce; wine; by implication, intoxication.">wine.</a> <a href="/hebrew/8582.htm" title="8582: tā·‘ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To err. A primitive root; to vacillate, i.e. Reel or stray; also causative of both.">They stumble</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: min- (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">because of</a> <a href="/hebrew/7941.htm" title="7941: haš·šê·ḵār (Art:: N-ms) -- Intoxicating drink, strong drink. From shakar; an intoxicant, i.e. Intensely alcoholic liquor.">strong drink,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7686.htm" title="7686: šā·ḡū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- A primitive root; to stray, usually to mistake, especially to transgress; by extension to reel, be enraptured.">muddled</a> <a href="/hebrew/7203.htm" title="7203: bā·rō·’eh (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- A seer, a vision. Active participle of ra'ah; a seer; but also a vision.">in their visions</a> <a href="/hebrew/6328.htm" title="6328: pā·qū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To reel, totter. A primitive root; to waver.">and stumbling</a> <a href="/hebrew/6417.htm" title="6417: pə·lî·lî·yāh (N-fs) -- The giving of a decision. Feminine of pliyliy; judicature.">in their judgments.</a> 8For all their tables are covered with vomit; there is not a place without filth.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/hosea/4-11.htm">Hosea 4:11</a> to promiscuity, wine, and new wine, which take away understanding. <a href="/proverbs/20-1.htm">Proverbs 20:1</a> Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise. <a href="/isaiah/5-11.htm">Isaiah 5:11-12</a> Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine. / At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands. <a href="/isaiah/5-22.htm">Isaiah 5:22</a> Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and champions in mixing strong drink, <a href="/jeremiah/23-9.htm">Jeremiah 23:9</a> As for the prophets: My heart is broken within me, and all my bones tremble. I have become like a drunkard, like a man overcome by wine, because of the LORD, because of His holy words. <a href="/micah/2-11.htm">Micah 2:11</a> If a man of wind were to come and say falsely, “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,” he would be just the preacher for this people! <a href="/ezekiel/44-21.htm">Ezekiel 44:21</a> No priest may drink wine before he enters the inner court. <a href="/leviticus/10-9.htm">Leviticus 10:9</a> “You and your sons are not to drink wine or strong drink when you enter the Tent of Meeting, or else you will die; this is a permanent statute for the generations to come. <a href="/1_samuel/1-14.htm">1 Samuel 1:14</a> and said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Put away your wine!” <a href="/habakkuk/2-15.htm">Habakkuk 2:15-16</a> Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors, pouring it from the wineskin until they are drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness! / You will be filled with shame instead of glory. You too must drink and expose your uncircumcision! The cup in the LORD’s right hand will come around to you, and utter disgrace will cover your glory. <a href="/1_corinthians/6-10.htm">1 Corinthians 6:10</a> nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. <a href="/ephesians/5-18.htm">Ephesians 5:18</a> Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit. <a href="/1_timothy/3-3.htm">1 Timothy 3:3</a> not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money. <a href="/1_timothy/3-8.htm">1 Timothy 3:8</a> Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued or given to much wine or greedy for money. <a href="/titus/1-7.htm">Titus 1:7</a> As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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.erred<a href="/isaiah/19-14.htm">Isaiah 19:14</a> 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 staggereth in his vomit.<a href="/isaiah/56-10.htm">Isaiah 56:10-12</a> His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber… <a href="/leviticus/10-9.htm">Leviticus 10:9,10</a> 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 be a statute for ever throughout your generations: … are swallowed<a href="/psalms/107-27.htm">Psalm 107:27</a> They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.err in<a href="/isaiah/3-12.htm">Isaiah 3:12</a> As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.<a href="/isaiah/9-16.htm">Isaiah 9:16</a> For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.<a href="/jeremiah/14-14.htm">Jeremiah 14:14</a> Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/24-9.htm">Beer</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-10.htm">Confused</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-3.htm">Decisions</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-1.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-14.htm">Err</a> <a href="/psalms/119-110.htm">Erred</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-8.htm">Further</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-6.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-4.htm">Overwhelmed</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-2.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/psalms/132-16.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-28.htm">Prophet</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-15.htm">Prophets</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-20.htm">Reel</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-9.htm">Rendering</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-16.htm">Right</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-20.htm">Stagger</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-2.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-15.htm">Stumble</a> <a href="/isaiah/25-8.htm">Swallowed</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-14.htm">Uncertain</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-5.htm">Vision</a> <a href="/job/7-14.htm">Visions</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-8.htm">Way</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-3.htm">Wine</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/29-9.htm">Beer</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-9.htm">Confused</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-21.htm">Decisions</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-9.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-24.htm">Err</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-24.htm">Erred</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-39.htm">Further</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-17.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-15.htm">Overwhelmed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-13.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-2.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-2.htm">Prophet</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-10.htm">Prophets</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-16.htm">Reel</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-6.htm">Rendering</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-17.htm">Right</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-9.htm">Stagger</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-22.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-13.htm">Stumble</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-19.htm">Swallowed</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-9.htm">Uncertain</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-7.htm">Vision</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-10.htm">Visions</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-13.htm">Way</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-9.htm">Wine</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 28</div>1. <a href="/isaiah/28-1.htm">The prophet threatens Ephraim for their pride and drunkenness</a> 5. <a href="/isaiah/28-5.htm">The residue shall be advanced in the kingdom of Christ</a> 7. <a href="/isaiah/28-7.htm">He rebukes their error</a> 9. <a href="/isaiah/28-9.htm">Their unwillingness to learn</a> 14. <a href="/isaiah/28-14.htm">And their security</a> 16. <a href="/isaiah/28-16.htm">Christ the sure foundation is promised</a> 17. <a href="/isaiah/28-17.htm">Their security shall be tried</a> 23. <a href="/isaiah/28-23.htm">They are incited to the consideration of God's providence</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/28.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/isaiah/28.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>These also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: This phrase highlights the moral and spiritual decay among the leaders of Israel. The use of "stagger" and "stumble" metaphorically represents their inability to lead effectively due to intoxication. In the ancient Near East, wine was a common part of daily life, but excessive consumption was condemned (<a href="/proverbs/20.htm">Proverbs 20:1</a>). The leaders' drunkenness symbolizes their lack of spiritual discernment and failure to uphold God's law.Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddled by wine: Priests and prophets were expected to be spiritual guides and mediators between God and the people. Their intoxication signifies a corruption of their sacred roles. <a href="/leviticus/10-9.htm">Leviticus 10:9</a> explicitly warns priests against drinking wine when entering the tent of meeting, emphasizing the need for sobriety in spiritual matters. The prophets, who were supposed to convey God's messages, are depicted as confused and ineffective, failing in their divine mission.They stumble because of strong drink, muddled in their visions and stumbling in their judgments: The repetition of "stumble" underscores the severity of their impairment. Visions and judgments were crucial for guiding the nation according to God's will. The leaders' inability to see clearly or make sound decisions due to drunkenness reflects a broader spiritual blindness and moral failure. This condition is contrasted with the clarity and wisdom expected of God's servants, as seen in <a href="/proverbs/31-4.htm">Proverbs 31:4-5</a>, which advises rulers to avoid alcohol to maintain justice and righteousness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/priests.htm">Priests</a> Religious leaders in Israel responsible for teaching the law and leading worship. Their role was crucial in maintaining the spiritual health of the nation. 2. <a href="/topical/p/prophets.htm">Prophets</a> Individuals called by God to deliver His messages to the people. They were expected to provide clear guidance and warnings from God. 3. <a href="/topical/w/wine_and_strong_drink.htm">Wine and Strong Drink</a> Symbolic of indulgence and excess, leading to impaired judgment and spiritual blindness. 4. <a href="/topical/s/staggering_and_stumbling.htm">Staggering and Stumbling</a> Metaphors for the loss of spiritual and moral direction due to intoxication, both literal and figurative. 5. <a href="/topical/j/judgment_and_vision.htm">Judgment and Vision</a> Key responsibilities of priests and prophets, which are compromised by their intoxication.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_intoxication.htm">The Danger of Intoxication</a> Intoxication, whether literal or metaphorical, leads to impaired judgment and spiritual blindness. Believers are called to remain sober-minded and vigilant. <a href="/topical/t/the_responsibility_of_leadership.htm">The Responsibility of Leadership</a> Spiritual leaders have a heightened responsibility to maintain clarity and integrity. Their actions and decisions impact the spiritual well-being of those they lead. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_spiritual_discernment.htm">The Importance of Spiritual Discernment</a> Just as physical intoxication clouds judgment, spiritual intoxication through sin or false teachings can lead to poor decision-making. Believers must seek wisdom and discernment through prayer and study of the Word. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_holiness.htm">The Call to Holiness</a> God calls His people to a standard of holiness that requires self-control and a commitment to His ways. This includes avoiding anything that might lead to spiritual compromise. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_accountability.htm">The Role of Accountability</a> Believers should hold one another accountable, encouraging each other to live lives that reflect God's holiness and truth.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_28.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 28</a> <a href="/q/does_isaiah_28_7-8_conflict_with_other_passages.htm">In Isaiah 28:7–8, does the portrayal of priests and prophets being overcome by alcohol conflict with other passages that commend upright spiritual leaders? </a> <a href="/q/which_prophets_are_in_the_bible.htm">Who are the prophets mentioned in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_ezekiel_28_blend_tyre's_king_with_adam_satan.htm">Why does Ezekiel 28 present Tyre's prince or king with traits that mirror those of Adam or Satan, yet no clear explanation is given for this blending of identities?</a> <a href="/q/does_lev._22_10_conflict_with_inclusivity.htm">In Leviticus 22:10, does the exclusion of non-priests from eating sacred offerings conflict with later biblical themes of inclusivity?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/28.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) But they also have erred through . . .--Better, yet these also reel . . . Isaiah acts on the method of Nathan when he said, "Thou art the man." He has painted the drunkards of Ephraim; now he turns and paints in yet darker colours the drunkards of Judah. Priests were seen reeling to their services, prophets reeling in the very act of their counterfeit inspiration. The threefold iteration of the word for "reel" emphasises the scandals of the scene. The sins of the sons of Eli, those of which Micah (<a href="/isaiah/2-11.htm" title="The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.">Isaiah 2:11</a>) had spoken, were reproduced in all their enormity. The most loathsome features of their drunkenness are printed in <a href="/isaiah/28-8.htm" title="For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean.">Isaiah 28:8</a> with a boldness which is almost photographic. The prohibition of wine during the time when the priests were on duty (<a href="/context/leviticus/10-1.htm" title="And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.">Leviticus 10:1-9</a>) adds to the guilt thus represented.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/28.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 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 officials of the priestly and prophetic orders, who claimed to be quite as competent to instruct men in their duties as himself. They seem to have ridiculed the mode of his teaching - its catch-words, as they thought them, and its insistence on minutiae. Verse 7. - They also. Judah, no less than Ephraim (see vers. 1, 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 (<a href="/isaiah/5-11.htm">Isaiah 5:11, 22</a>; <a href="/isaiah/22-13.htm">Isaiah 22:13</a>; <a href="/isaiah/56-12.htm">Isaiah 56:12</a>; <a href="/hosea/4-11.htm">Hosea 4:11</a>; <a href="/hosea/7-5.htm">Hosea 7:5</a>; <a href="/amos/6-6.htm">Amos 6:6</a>, etc.), are best understood literally. Orientals (e.g, the Persians) are often given to such indulgence. Have erred through wine; rather, reel with wine. Are out of the way; or, stagger. The verbs express the physical effects of intoxication. The priest and the prophet. Priests were forbidden by the Law to drink any wine or strong drink previously to their taking part in the service of the tabernacle (<a href="/leviticus/10-9.htm">Leviticus 10:9</a>), and the prohibition was always understood to apply afortiori to the temple (<a href="/ezekiel/44-21.htm">Ezekiel 44:21</a>). Prophets might have been expected to act in the spirit of the command given to priests. By "prophets" here Isaiah means, not persons especially called of God, but official members of the prophetical order. Of these there were always many in Judah, who had no strong sense of religion (see <a href="/isaiah/29-10.htm">Isaiah 29:10</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/5-13.htm">Jeremiah 5:13, 31</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/13-2.htm">Ezekiel 13:2-16</a>; <a href="/amos/2-12.htm">Amos 2:12</a>; <a href="/micah/3-11.htm">Micah 3:11</a>; <a href="/zephaniah/3-4.htm">Zephaniah 3:4</a>, etc.). They err in vision; rather, they reel in the vision. They are drunken, even in the very exercise of their prophetical office - when they see, and expound, their visions. They stumble in judgment; or, they stagger when pronouncing judgment (Delitzsch). Persons in authority had been specially warned not to drink wine before the hearing of causes (<a href="/proverbs/31-4.htm">Proverbs 31:4, 5</a>). <a href="/commentaries/isaiah/28-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>These אֵ֙לֶּה֙ (’êl·leh) Pronoun - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_428.htm">Strong's 428: </a> These, those also וְגַם־ (wə·ḡam-) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and stagger שָׁג֔וּ (šā·ḡū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7686.htm">Strong's 7686: </a> To stray, to mistake, to transgress, to reel, be enraptured from wine בַּיַּ֣יִן (bay·ya·yin) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3196.htm">Strong's 3196: </a> Wine, intoxication and stumble תָּע֑וּ (tā·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8582.htm">Strong's 8582: </a> To vacillate, reel, stray from strong drink: וּבַשֵּׁכָ֖ר (ū·ḇaš·šê·ḵār) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7941.htm">Strong's 7941: </a> An intoxicant, intensely alcoholic liquor Priests כֹּהֵ֣ן (kō·hên) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3548.htm">Strong's 3548: </a> Priest and prophets וְנָבִיא֩ (wə·nā·ḇî) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5030.htm">Strong's 5030: </a> A spokesman, speaker, prophet reel שָׁג֨וּ (šā·ḡū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7686.htm">Strong's 7686: </a> To stray, to mistake, to transgress, to reel, be enraptured from strong drink בַשֵּׁכָ֜ר (ḇaš·šê·ḵār) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7941.htm">Strong's 7941: </a> An intoxicant, intensely alcoholic liquor and are befuddled נִבְלְע֣וּ (niḇ·lə·‘ū) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1104.htm">Strong's 1104: </a> To swallow down, swallow up, engulf by מִן־ (min-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> A part of, from, out of wine. הַיַּ֗יִן (hay·ya·yin) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3196.htm">Strong's 3196: </a> Wine, intoxication They stumble תָּעוּ֙ (tā·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8582.htm">Strong's 8582: </a> To vacillate, reel, stray because of מִן־ (min-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> A part of, from, out of strong drink, הַשֵּׁכָ֔ר (haš·šê·ḵār) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7941.htm">Strong's 7941: </a> An intoxicant, intensely alcoholic liquor muddled שָׁגוּ֙ (šā·ḡū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7686.htm">Strong's 7686: </a> To stray, to mistake, to transgress, to reel, be enraptured in their visions בָּֽרֹאֶ֔ה (bā·rō·’eh) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7203.htm">Strong's 7203: </a> A seer, a vision and stumbling פָּק֖וּ (pā·qū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6328.htm">Strong's 6328: </a> To reel, totter in their judgments. פְּלִילִיָּֽה׃ (pə·lî·lî·yāh) Noun - 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