Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Though Judah is to survive the fall of Ephraim, yet "they also" (the men of Judah) have perpetrated like sins to those of Samaria (Isaiah 5:3, Isaiah 5:11), which must be chastised by God.
erred . . . are out of the way--"stagger . . . reel." Repeated, to express the frequency of the vice.
priest . . . prophet--If the ministers of religion sin so grievously, how much more the other rulers (Isaiah 56:10, Isaiah 56:12)!
vision--even in that most sacred function of the prophet to declare God's will revealed to them.
judgment--The priests had the administration of the law committed to them (Deuteronomy 17:9; Deuteronomy 19:17). It was against the law for the priests to take wine before entering the tabernacle (Leviticus 10:9; Ezekiel 44:21).
The prophet now turns to Judah; a gracious promise to the remnant ("residue"); a warning lest through like sins Judah should share the fate of Samaria.
crown--in antithesis to the "fading crown" of Ephraim (Isaiah 28:1, Isaiah 28:3).
the residue--primarily, Judah, in the prosperous reign of Hezekiah (2 Kings 18:7), antitypically, the elect of God; as He here is called their "crown and diadem," so are they called His (Isaiah 62:3); a beautiful reciprocity.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
2 Kings 21:1-3
Isaiah 28:1
Isaiah 28:13
Isaiah 29:24
Isaiah 32:4
Hosea 4:11
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