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Isaiah 28:6

JusticeStrength and help in weakness

4 The fading flower of his beautiful splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest: Whoever sees it will take it in his hand and swallow it.

5 On that day the LORD of Hosts will be a crown of glory, a diadem of splendor to the remnant of His people,

a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and a strength to those who repel the onslaught at the gate.

7 These also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddled by wine. They stumble because of strong drink, muddled in their visions and stumbling in their judgments.

8 For all their tables are covered with vomit; there is not a place without filth.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and a strength to those who repel the onslaught at the gate.
KJV
And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.
WEB
and a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.
ASV
and a spirit of justice to him that sitteth in judgment, and strength to them that turn back the battle at the gate.
DARBY
and for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.
BLB
and as a spirit of justice for the one sitting in judgment, and as strength [for those] turning back the battle [at] the gate.
ÅB
og en doms ånd for den som sitter til doms, og styrke for dem som driver krigen tilbake til porten[^3].
OTB
Han skal være en rettferdighetens ånd for den som sitter i dom, og en kilde til styrke for dem som vender tilbake kampen ved porten.
B1930
og en doms ånd for den som sitter til doms, og styrke for dem som driver krigen tilbake til porten. / < til fiendens egen port.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 18:32–34

    It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way clear.

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  • John 5:30

    I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

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  • Numbers 11:16–17

    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Bring Me seventy of the elders of Israel known to you as leaders and officers of the people. Bring them to the Tent of Meeting and have them stand there with you.

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  • Joshua 1:9

    Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”

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  • Isaiah 11:2–4

    The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him— the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.

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  • Isaiah 32:15–16

    until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.

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  • John 3:34

    For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

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  • Genesis 41:38–39

    So Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find anyone like this man, in whom the Spirit of God abides?”

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