John Gill's Exposition on Isaiah 5:22

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Woe unto [them that are] mighty to drink wine, &c.] That can bear a great deal, and not be overcome and intoxicated with it; that try their strength this way with others, and get the mastery and glory in it: not mighty to fight their enemies, as Kimchi observes, and defend their country, but to drink wine; by which their strength was weakened: wherefore some think soldiers are particularly designed, given to drinking, who are derided and mocked, as being valiant in the warfare of Bacchus, and not of Mars: and men of strength, to mingle strong drink; in the cup, and then drink it: or “men of war”; the same with “mighty” before. The Targum interprets it, “men of riches”: who can afford to drink wine and strong drink; which carries the sense not to the strength of their bodies, but of their purses: the former sense seems best. The Scribes and Pharisees loved the cup and the platter, and to be at feasts, and to have the uppermost seats there, (<402306>Matthew 23:6,25) and that those that sat in Moses’s chair are intended appears from the following words.

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