Isaiah 28:8 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

Isaiah 28:8

6 For a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment,
And for strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.

7 But they also ^ahave erred through wine,
And through intoxicating drink are out of the way;
^bThe 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.

9 “Whom^a will he teach knowledge?
And whom will he make to understand the message?
Those just weaned from milk?
Those just drawn from the breasts?

10 ^aFor precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept,
Line upon line, line upon line,
Here a little, there a little.”

11 For with ^astammering lips and another tongue
He will speak to this people,

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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The prophet now turns to Judah; a gracious promise to the remnant ("residue"); a warning lest through like sins Judah should share the fate of Samaria.

crown—in antithesis to the "fading crown" of Ephraim (Isaiah 28:1, Isaiah 28:3).

the residue—primarily, Judah, in the prosperous reign of Hezekiah (II Kings 18:7), antitypically, the elect of God; as He here is called their "crown and diadem," so are they called His (Isaiah 62:3); a beautiful reciprocity.

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