Isa 5:23 | KingComments | STEP | The sixth woe comes over the leaders of the people. They too are totally rotten. They are now described as lovers of wine, men who boast of knowing how to prepare it ( ). What they do is also worthless and stinks. With an undertone of sarcasm Isaiah compares these leaders to “heroes” and calls them “valiant men”. It’s the boasters, the brawlers, people who are easily bribed, because they don’t follow any principles ( ). Because of their misty gaze, they have no view of the law. They are very loose with the law and twist it when they can benefit from it. They are addicted to power and enrich themselves at the expense of the poor. We see this with all kinds of rulers throughout the centuries. We also see it with the false shepherds ( ) and in the characteristics of the antichrist ( ). The spiritual counterpart of “being heroes in drinking wine” is being filled with the Holy Spirit ( ). This leads to a clear discernment between what is of God and what is not.

‏ Isaiah 5:23

The Sixth Woe

The sixth woe comes over the leaders of the people. They too are totally rotten. They are now described as lovers of wine, men who boast of knowing how to prepare it (Isa 5:22). What they do is also worthless and stinks. With an undertone of sarcasm Isaiah compares these leaders to “heroes” and calls them “valiant men”.

It’s the boasters, the brawlers, people who are easily bribed, because they don’t follow any principles (Isa 5:23). Because of their misty gaze, they have no view of the law. They are very loose with the law and twist it when they can benefit from it. They are addicted to power and enrich themselves at the expense of the poor. We see this with all kinds of rulers throughout the centuries. We also see it with the false shepherds (Eze 34:1-6) and in the characteristics of the antichrist (Zec 11:15-17).

The spiritual counterpart of “being heroes in drinking wine” is being filled with the Holy Spirit (Eph 5:18). This leads to a clear discernment between what is of God and what is not.