Isaiah 5:22

Wo unto them that are mighty ... -This is the sixth specification of crime. He had already denounced the intemperate inIsaiah 5:11. But probably this was a prevailing sin. Perhaps there was no evidence of reform; and it was needful to “repeat” the admonition, in order that people might be brought to regard it. The prophet repeats a similar denunciation inIsaiah 56:12. Mighty -Perhaps those who prided themselves on their ability to drink “much” without becoming intoxicated; who had been so accustomed to it, that they defied its effects, and boasted of their power to resist its usual influence. A similar idea is expressed inIsaiah 56:12.