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Their drink is sour - Literally, “turned,” as we say of milk. So Isaiah says, Thy silver is become dross; thy wine is mingled, that…

The Authorised Version is here very defective. Translate, Their carousal has become degraded; with whoring they whore. Her shields love shame. …

The Prophet, using a metaphor, says here first, that their drink had become putrid. This means that they had so intemperately given themselves up t…

Their drink is sour
In their stomachs, having drank so much that they cannot digest it; hence nauseous eructations, …

The people consulted images and not the Divine Word. This would lead to disorder and sin. Thus people prepare scourges for themselves, and vice is …
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes