King James Version
Isaiah 28:6 in the King James Version says “And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 28 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.”
Isaiah 28:6 · KJV
And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up. eateth: Heb. swalloweth
In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people,
And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.
But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And for a spirit”
H7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the
“in judgment”
H4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind
“to him that sitteth”
H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“in judgment”
H4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind
“and for strength”
H1369force (literally or figuratively); by implication, valor, victory
“to them that turn”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
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