This verse is saying, "Woe to those who are mild men that use strong drink to become mighty men". Have you ever met a man that when he gets a little liquor down, he becomes a tyrant, blasphemous, and haughty? There are those in this world who use alcohol as a badge of courage, instead of relying on God. This ‘woe’ is for them. In essence, anything that becomes our ‘crutch of courage’ instead of God is an insult to our Father. He loves His children so He wants us to do good, relying on Him when we need help. That act of relying on our Father, instead of ourselves when we are in need shows 'faith' in God. Many modern educational systems attempt to separate the natural connection of relying upon God for guidance. They try to teach a 'do it yourself' discipline. True science is the discovery of God's Laws in action throughout nature. The fact that God gave man dominion over all the earth can be considered a type of test also; and as man 'discovers' God's Laws as applied to nature, it's tempting to want to play with the powers of His creation, committing unethical decisions with the results of these scientific discoveries that belong to God, i.e., cloning, biological warfare, etc. I'm not saying all science is bad, only that some areas are very contemptible with the Lord (cloning). These that wield this scientific power for their own gain, are essentially using it as a 'crutch' for their own shallow faith system, excluding our Father in their living. This brings me to a thought on the idea of cloning. Do you think that cloning is but an attempt by the 'faithless' to disprove the act of the creation of the universe by God? Can cloning be verified beyond a doubt, or is there a possible cover-up, lying to the people, because cloning might be in reality, unsuccessful?

Isa 5:23    Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

     The idea from the last verse is carried forward. These same ‘strong men’ oppress the poor in spirit and take bribes (reward) for it, while praising the ‘lawless’ ones. These kind of people don’t believe in God, so they easily justify anything that proves to their benefit.

Isa 5:24    Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

     Here’s what God will do to them. ‘Stubble’ and ‘chaff’ refer to the parable of the ‘tares’ given by Jesus in the Gospel. Christ gives us the identity of the ‘tares’ in that parable .Matt.13: 

 

The idea of the ‘blossom’ is that it gives ‘fruit’, so since these ‘blossoms’ won’t bear good fruit, they are cropped off, or turned to ‘dust’. They ‘despise’ God’s Law. They ignore God, and His teachings, hence they ignore true reality. Well, when does all this consuming of the 'chaff' happen, one might ask,” When Jesus returns as King of kings and Lord of lords to set up the Millennia Kingdom on earth?” (Whoops! We’re in the Old Testament here. I thought we didn’t live in the Old Testament anymore? Be careful friend, for Satan has his ministers that teach the Word also 2 Cor.11:

Isa 5:25    Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against His People, and He hath stretched forth His hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still.

     ‘Stretched forth’ means His hand is stretched out in judgment. This is in the sense of punishment for correction for those of His people, and destruction for those who do not love Him. The word ‘torn’ is ‘cuwchah’ in the Hebrew, meaning ‘a sweeping’, i.e., ‘dung’. In other words, ‘their carcases are as ‘dung’ in the streets’.

Isa 5:26   And He will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:

     The word ‘nations’ is ‘goy’ in the Hebrew, meaning Gentiles ‘nations’. The word ‘hiss’ is used in the sense of a bee swarm. What swarm is talked about in the Book of Revelation? This is the ‘locust army’ of Satan coming upon us soon in these latter days. Remember, God is allowing this to happen. This locust army will be given power to sting those who are not sealed with The Word of