Isaiah 19:14

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Hath mingled

2 Thessalonians 2:11

As a

Jeremiah 48:26

General references

Isaiah 40:23

Bible References

Hath mingled

And I will send the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they will be fighting every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; town against town, and kingdom against kingdom.

For the Lord has sent on you a spirit of deep sleep; and by him your eyes, the prophets, are shut, and your heads, the seers, are covered.

For you had faith in your evil-doing; you said, No one sees me; by your wisdom and knowledge you have been turned out of the way: and you have said in your heart, I am, and there is no other.

And the Lord said, How may Ahab be tricked into going up to Ramoth-gilead to his death? And one said one thing and one another.

With him are strength and wise designs; he who is guided into error, together with his guide, are in his hands;

When any one of the men of Israel, or of those from other lands who are living in Israel, who has become strange to me, and takes his false gods into his heart, and puts before his face the sin which is the cause of his fall, comes to the prophet to get directions from me; I the Lord will give him an answer by myself:

And for this cause, God will give them up to the power of deceit and they will put their faith in what is false:

As a

And further, these are uncertain through wine, and have gone out of the right way through strong drink: the priest and the prophet are uncertain through strong drink, they are overcome by wine, they have gone out of the way through strong drink; their vision is false, they go wrong in their decisions.

Be surprised and full of wonder; let your eyes be covered and be blind: be overcome, but not with wine; go with uncertain steps, but not because of strong drink.

They go feeling about in the dark without light, wandering without help like those overcome with wine.

For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said to me: Take the cup of the wine of this wrath from my hand, and make all the nations to whom I send you take of it.

Make him full of wine, for his heart has been lifted up against the Lord: and Moab will be rolling in the food he was not able to keep down, and everyone will be making sport of him.

General references

He takes away the wisdom of the wise guides, and makes judges foolish;

You have kept their hearts from wisdom: for this cause you will not give them honour.

For God has taken wisdom from her mind, and given her no measure of knowledge.

When there is no helping suggestion the people will have a fall, but with a number of wise guides they will be safe.

He makes rulers come to nothing; the judges of the earth are of no value.