Isaiah 28:7

the priest and the prophet Better: priest and prophet. These are specially mentioned as the spiritual leaders of the people, who opposed Isaiah in the name of Jehovah, and backed up the plans of the politicians with the pretended authority of Divine revelation.

swallowed up of wine Perhaps, "confused by wine," see on Isaiah 3:12.

are out of the way R.V. have gone astray see Isaiah 19:14.

vision(a peculiar form in the Hebr.) refers to the function of the prophets; judgment(lit. "judicial matters") to that of the priests (cf. Deuteronomy 17:8 ff; Deuteronomy 19:17; Ezekiel 44:24). It is not asserted that the prophets have no visions, but only that, through self-indulgence, they lack the capacity to discern their real significance.