16 And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.

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16 And (A)they will drink and stagger and go mad because of the sword that I will send among them.”

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16 They shall drink and stagger and be crazed because of (A)the sword that I am sending among them.”

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28 And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink.

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28 And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup from your hand to drink, then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: “You shall certainly drink!

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28 “And if they refuse to accept the cup from your hand to drink, then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: (A)You must drink!

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Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.

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The Blindness of Disobedience

Pause and wonder!
Blind yourselves and be blind!
(A)They are drunk, (B)but not with wine;
They stagger, but not with intoxicating drink.

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Astonish yourselves[a] and be astonished;
    blind yourselves and be blind!
Be drunk,[b] but not with wine;
    (A)stagger,[c] but not with strong drink!

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  1. Isaiah 29:9 Or Linger awhile
  2. Isaiah 29:9 Or They are drunk
  3. Isaiah 29:9 Or they stagger

26 And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.

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26 I will (A)feed those who oppress you with their own flesh,
And they shall be drunk with their own (B)blood as with sweet wine.
All flesh (C)shall know
That I, the Lord, am your Savior,
And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”

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26 (A)I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh,
    and they shall be drunk (B)with their own blood as with wine.
Then all flesh shall know
    that (C)I am the Lord your Savior,
    and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”

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57 And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.

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57 “And I will make drunk
Her princes and (A)wise men,
Her governors, her deputies, and her mighty men.
And they shall sleep a perpetual sleep
And not awake,” says (B)the King,
Whose name is the Lord of hosts.

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57 (A)I will make drunk her officials and her wise men,
    (B)her governors, her commanders, and her warriors;
they shall sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake,
    declares (C)the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.

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32 Thus saith the Lord God; Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much.

33 Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria.

34 Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt break the sherds thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God.

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32 “Thus says the Lord God:

‘You shall drink of your sister’s cup,
The deep and wide one;
(A)You shall be laughed to scorn
And held in derision;
It contains much.
33 You will be filled with drunkenness and sorrow,
The cup of horror and desolation,
The cup of your sister Samaria.
34 You shall (B)drink and drain it,
You shall break its [a]shards,
And tear at your own breasts;
For I have spoken,’
Says the Lord God.

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  1. Ezekiel 23:34 Earthenware fragments

32 Thus says the Lord God:

“You shall drink your sister's cup
    that is deep and large;
you shall be laughed at and held in derision,
    for it contains much;
33 you will be filled with (A)drunkenness and sorrow.
(B)A cup of horror and desolation,
    the cup of (C)your sister Samaria;
34 (D)you shall drink it and drain it out,
    and gnaw its shards,
    and tear your breasts;

for I have spoken, declares the Lord God.

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18 Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.

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18 (A)Your shepherds slumber, O (B)king of Assyria;
Your nobles rest in the dust.
Your people are (C)scattered on the mountains,
And no one gathers them.

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18 Your shepherds (A)are asleep,
    O king of Assyria;
    (B)your nobles slumber.
Your people (C)are scattered on the mountains
    with none to gather them.

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16 Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the Lord's right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.

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16 You are filled with shame instead of glory.
You also—drink!
And [a]be exposed as uncircumcised!
The cup of the Lord’s right hand will be turned against you,
And utter shame will be on your glory.

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  1. Habakkuk 2:16 DSS, LXX reel!; Syr., Vg. fall fast asleep!

16 You will have your fill (A)of shame instead of glory.
    (B)Drink, yourself, and show your uncircumcision!
(C)The cup in the Lord's right hand
    will come around to you,
    and (D)utter shame will come upon your glory!

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