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The Drunken Prophets and Priests

They stagger into error because of wine,
and they stumble off the way because of beer.
The priests and prophets stagger with beer,
and they are dizzy from wine.
They stumble from beer.
They stagger when they see visions.
They reel when they render judgment.
All their tables are covered with vomit.
There is not a spot without filth.

They[a] say:
    Who is he trying to teach?
    Who needs his instruction?
    A baby who has just been weaned from milk?
    An infant just taken from the breast?

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 28:9 That is, the drunken priests and prophets who mock Isaiah