“and a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Isaiah 28 contains 29 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.