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Isaiah 28:8

Old Testament Major Prophet ASV (1901)

What does Isaiah 28:8 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “For all tables are full of vomit [and] filthiness, [so that there is] no place [clean].” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

For all tables are full of vomit [and] filthiness, [so that there is] no place [clean].
Isaiah 28:8 — American Standard Version

Context — Isaiah 28

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
5In that day will Jehovah of hosts become a crown of glory, and a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people;
6and a spirit of justice to him that sitteth in judgment, and strength to them that turn back the battle at the gate.
7And even these reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they stagger with strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
8For all tables are full of vomit [and] filthiness, [so that there is] no place [clean].
9Whom will he teach knowledge? and whom will he make to understand the message? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts?
10For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little.
11Nay, but by [men of] strange lips and with another tongue will he speak to this people;
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“For all tables are full of vomit [and] filthiness, &c.] The one signifies what is spued out of a man’s mouth, his stomach being overcharged, and the other his excrements; and both give a just, though nauseous, idea of a drunken man. This vice was very common; men of all ranks and degrees were infected with it, rulers and people; and no wonder that the common people ran into it, when such examples were set them; the tables of the priests, who ate of the holy things in the holy place, and the tables of the prophets, who pretended to see visions, and to prophesy of things to come, were all defiled through this prevailing sin; [so that there is] no place [clean] or free from vomit and…”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Pro 26:11; Jer 48:26; Hab 2:15, Hab 2:16 Isaiah 28:9”
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