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A Perverted Strength
Commentators highlight that this verse condemns not just drunkenness, but the pride taken in the ability to drink heavily. Isaiah mocks those who boast of their "might" and "strength" in drinking, which John Calvin calls a "disgraceful and beastly ambition." Their God-given strength was perverted and wasted on self-indulgence rather than on serving God or their nation.
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 5:22
18th Century
Theologian
Woe unto them that are mighty... - This is the sixth specification of crime. He had already denounced the intemperate in ([Referenc…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 5:22
19th Century
Bishop
Woe unto them that are mighty to drink... strong drink. — The words in part reproduce the “woe” of Isaiah 5:11-12, but wi…
John Calvin
On Isaiah 5:22
16th Century
Theologian
Wo to them that are mighty to drink wine! Isaiah now censures another vice, namely, drunkenness and excess in eating, of which he had spok…
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John Gill
On Isaiah 5:22
17th Century
Pastor
Woe unto [them that are] mighty to drink wine
That can bear a great deal, and not be overcome and intoxicated with i…
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 5:8–23
17th Century
Minister
Here is a woe to those who set their hearts on the wealth of the world. It is not that it is sinful for those who have a house and a field to purch…