Daily Devotions
Isaiah
"They also have erred through wine"
Text: Isaiah 28:7
THE DANGER OF EXCESSIVE DRINKING
While the drinking of wine was not expressly forbidden, nevertheless the danger of excessive drinking had to be highlighted. This was the deep problem that added to the many woes that surrounded Judah!
“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.
For all tables are full of vomit and filth;
No place is clean.”
Isaiah 28:7-8
1. The Priest and the Prophet.
a) They played a significant role in the days of ancient Judah.
b) Their ministries included the following:
i) Teaching of the Scriptures.
ii) Guidance to the rulers.
iii) Intercessory prayer.
2. Intoxicating drink.
a) The priest and the prophet erred terribly.
b) They erred in vision:
i) They misunderstand.
ii) They misinterpret.
c) They stumbled in judgment:
i) Their reasoning faculty was affected.
ii) Their judgment (counsel) was erroneous.
3. Swallowed by wine.
a) The rulers.
b) The judges.
c) The military leaders.
d) The general populace.
e) They swallowed wine, but at the end, wine swallowed the nation.
4. A candid description:
a) A drinking party scene is described.
b) The dinner tables were filthy.
i) The people drank excessively.
ii) They vomited on the tables.
iii) There wasn’t a clean place to be found!
5. A drunken nation:
a) It would be easily conquered.
b) Judah fell to the Babylonians in 586 BC.
c) Many prisoners were captured and sent to Babylon.