Isaías 5:22

22 ¡Ay de los héroes para beber vino y valientes para mezclar bebidas,

Isaías 5:22 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 5:22

Woe unto [them that are] mighty to drink wine
That can bear a great deal, and not be overcome and intoxicated with it; that try their strength this way with others, and get the mastery and glory in it: not mighty to fight their enemies, as Kimchi observes, and defend their country, but to drink wine; by which their strength was weakened: wherefore some think soldiers are particularly designed, given to drinking, who are derided and mocked, as being valiant in the warfare of Bacchus, and not of Mars: and men of strength, to mingle strong drink;
in the cup, and then drink it: or "men of war"; the same with "mighty" before. The Targum interprets it, "men of riches": who can afford to drink wine and strong drink; which carries the sense not to the strength of their bodies, but of their purses: the former sense seems best. The Scribes and Pharisees loved the cup and the platter, and to be at feasts, and to have the uppermost seats there, ( Matthew 23:6 Matthew 23:25 ) and that those that sat in Moses's chair are intended appears from the following words.

Isaías 5:22 In-Context

20 ¡Ay de los que llaman al mal bien y al bien mal, que tienen las tinieblas por luz y la luz por tinieblas, que tienen lo amargo por dulce y lo dulce por amargo!

21 ¡Ay de los sabios a sus propios ojos e inteligentes ante sí mismos!

22 ¡Ay de los héroes para beber vino y valientes para mezclar bebidas,

23 que justifican al impío por soborno y quitan al justo su derecho!

24 Por tanto, como consume el rastrojo la lengua de fuego, y la hierba seca cae ante la llama, su raíz como podredumbre se volverá y su flor como polvo será esparcida; porque desecharon la ley del SEÑOR de los ejércitos, y despreciaron la palabra del Santo de Israel.