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Their drink is become sour; they play the prostitute continually; her rulers dearly love shame.
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The Stench of Moral Decay
Commentators explain that the phrase "their drink is sour" is a powerful metaphor. It describes a society so steeped in sin that its very essence has become rotten and offensive, like spoiled wine. This points to a deep, pervasive, and seemingly irreversible moral and spiritual decay that has left the nation without any remaining "taste of goodness."
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Hosea
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Their drink is sour - Literally, “turned,” as we say of milk. So Isaiah says, Thy silver is become dross; thy wine is mingled, that…
19th Century
Anglican
The Authorised Version is here very defective. Translate, Their carousal has become degraded; with whoring they whore. Her shields love shame. …
16th Century
Protestant
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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 …
