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And even these reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they stagger with strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment. For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean.

[a]Whom will he teach knowledge? and whom will he make to understand the [b]message? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts?

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  1. Isaiah 28:9 Or, Whom shall he teach . . . and whom shall he make . . . breasts. For etc.
  2. Isaiah 28:9 Or, report

And these also stagger(A) from wine(B)
    and reel(C) from beer:
Priests(D) and prophets(E) stagger from beer
    and are befuddled with wine;
they reel from beer,
    they stagger when seeing visions,(F)
    they stumble when rendering decisions.
All the tables are covered with vomit(G)
    and there is not a spot without filth.

“Who is it he is trying to teach?(H)
    To whom is he explaining his message?(I)
To children weaned(J) from their milk,(K)
    to those just taken from the breast?

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