And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.
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Gill's Exposition
But they also have erred through wine,.... Either they that sat in judgment, and turned the battle to the gate, as Jarchi interprets it: or rather, since the Lord was a spirit of judgment and strength…
Barnes' Notes
And for a spirit of judgment - (compare the note at Isa 1:26; Isa 11:2). The sense of this passage is, that Jehovah would enlighten the judges of the land, so that they should understand what was…
Here, I. The prophet warns the kingdom of the ten tribes of the judgments that were coming upon them for their sins, which were soon after executed by the king of Assyria, who laid their country…
Cambridge Bible
Jehovah is not only the beauty of the redeemed nation, but the source of all civic and martial virtues.
a spirit of judgment The same phrase (but with a different meaning) occurs in ch. Isa 4:4.…
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