Isaiah
Isaiah 28:7
7These also stagger from wine
and stumble from strong drink:
Priests and prophets reel from strong drink
and are befuddled by wine.
They stumble because of strong drink,
muddled in their visions and stumbling in their judgments.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| These | אֵ֙לֶּה֙ | ’êl·leh | Pronoun - common plural | H428 these |
| also | וְגַם־ | wə·ḡam- | Conjunction | H1571 also, moreover, yea |
| stagger | שָׁג֔וּ | šā·ḡū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H7686 go astray, err |
| from wine | בַּיַּ֣יִן | bay·ya·yin | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H3196 wine |
| and stumble | תָּע֑וּ | tā·‘ū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H8582 err |
| from strong drink | וּבַשֵּׁכָ֖ר | ū·ḇaš·šê·ḵār | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H7941 intoxioating drink, strong drink |
| Priests | כֹּהֵ֣ן | kō·hên | Noun - masculine singular | H3548 priest |
| and prophets | וְנָבִיא֩ | wə·nā·ḇî | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular | H5030 spokesman, speaker, prophet |
| reel | שָׁג֨וּ | šā·ḡū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H7686 go astray, err |
| from strong drink | בַשֵּׁכָ֜ר | ḇaš·šê·ḵār | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H7941 intoxioating drink, strong drink |
| and are befuddled | נִבְלְע֣וּ | niḇ·lə·‘ū | Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural | H1104 swallow down, swallow up, engulf |
| by | מִן־ | min- | Preposition | H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not |
| wine | הַיַּ֗יִן | hay·ya·yin | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H3196 wine |
| They stumble | תָּעוּ֙ | tā·‘ū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H8582 err |
| because of | מִן־ | min- | Preposition | H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not |
| strong drink | הַשֵּׁכָ֔ר | haš·šê·ḵār | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H7941 intoxioating drink, strong drink |
| muddled | שָׁגוּ֙ | šā·ḡū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H7686 go astray, err |
| in their visions | בָּֽרֹאֶ֔ה | bā·rō·’eh | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H7203 see |
| and stumbling | פָּק֖וּ | pā·qū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H6328 reel, totter |
| in their judgments | פְּלִילִיָּֽה׃ | pə·lî·lî·yāh | Noun - feminine singular | H6417 the giving a decision |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Isaiah 56:10–12 · Luke 21:34 · Isaiah 19:14 · Proverbs 20:1 · Ecclesiastes 10:17 · Micah 2:11 · Matthew 24:29 · Jeremiah 14:14 · Ezekiel 44:21 · Leviticus 10:9–10 · Isaiah 3:12 · Jeremiah 23:13
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.