Isaiah 28:7

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Summary

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

Err in

Hosea 4:12

General references

Proverbs 20:1

Proverbs 31:4

Bible References

Erred

The Lord has sent among them a spirit of error: and by them Egypt is turned out of the right way in all her doings, as a man overcome by wine is uncertain in his steps.

His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dogs without tongues, unable to make a sound; stretched out dreaming, loving sleep.

Take no wine, or strong drink, you or your sons with you, when you go into the Tent of meeting, that it may not be the cause of death to you; this is an order for ever through all your generations.

Wine makes men foolish, and strong drink makes men come to blows; and whoever comes into error through these is not wise.

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to take wine, or for rulers to say, Where is strong drink?

Happy is the land whose ruler is of noble birth, and whose chiefs take food at the right time, for strength and not for feasting.

The priests are not to take wine when they go into the inner square.

Loose ways and new wine take away wisdom.

If a man came with a false spirit of deceit, saying, I will be a prophet to you of wine and strong drink: he would be the sort of prophet for this people.

But straight away, after the trouble of those days, the sun will be made dark and the moon will not give her light and the stars will come down from heaven and the powers of heaven will be moved:

But give attention to yourselves, for fear that your hearts become over-full of the pleasures of food and wine, and the cares of this life, and that day may come on you suddenly, and take you as in a net:

Even so it is right for husbands to have love for their wives as for their bodies. He who has love for his wife has love for himself:

Err in

As for my people, their ruler is acting like a child, and those who have authority over them are women. O my people, your guides are the cause of your wandering, turning your footsteps out of the right way.

For the guides of this people are the cause of their wandering from the right way, and those who are guided by them come to destruction.

Then the Lord said to me, The prophets say false words in my name, and I gave them no orders, and I said nothing to them: what they say to you is a false vision and wonder-working words without substance, the deceit of their hearts.

And I have seen ways without sense in the prophets of Samaria; they became prophets of the Baal, causing my people Israel to go wrong.

His bow has been bent for the attack, he has taken his place with his hand ready, in his hate he has put to death all who were pleasing to the eye: on the tent of the daughter of Zion he has let loose his passion like fire.

Have you not seen a vision without substance and have you not falsely made use of secret arts, when you say, The Lord has said; though I have said nothing?

My people get knowledge from their tree, and their rod gives them news; for a false spirit is the cause of their wandering, and they have been false to their God.

General references

Wine makes men foolish, and strong drink makes men come to blows; and whoever comes into error through these is not wise.

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to take wine, or for rulers to say, Where is strong drink?