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.8 For all tables are full of vomit and filth;
No place is clean." vv.7-8
Read chapter 28
Chapter one of Isaiah of introduction of Israel's sins with the disgusting image of a diseased body, now in chapter 28 it shows another repulsive image of Isreal's sins by drunkenness. People are horribly drunk, stumbling about, unable to see or speak properly, and everywhere covered in vomit. I hate to admit that I use to see this scene in my life on a normal basis. It always seemed fun until the next day and you just felt gross and everyone just looked so unattractive. "They also" is refers to Judah now too and not just the northern tribes; the priest and prophets included as well and specifcially mentioned of the spiritual leaders of the people who opposed Isaiah's prophesy. When people justify drinking because Jesus' first miracle in the gospels was turning water in to wine, what would they say to this passage, long before Jesus turned water to wine? How do you view drunkeness? How do you treat alcohol? This isnt to say you must not even touch the stuff but why do you drink? Is it to feel comforatble? To get drunk? To relax? To socialize? Addiction? Etc. God created wine to be good and used properly "Do not get drunk on wine" Ephesians 5:18, so do you see the disgusting and unattractiveness it can show and the corruptness that can follow?
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