16 When they drink(A) it, they will stagger(B) and go mad(C) because of the sword(D) 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 But if they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink(A), tell them, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty says: You must drink it!

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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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Be stunned and amazed,(A)
    blind yourselves and be sightless;(B)
be drunk,(C) but not from wine,(D)
    stagger,(E) but not from beer.

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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 I will make your oppressors(A) eat(B) their own flesh;
    they will be drunk on their own blood,(C) as with wine.
Then all mankind will know(D)
    that I, the Lord, am your Savior,(E)
    your Redeemer,(F) the Mighty One of Jacob.(G)

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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 I will make her officials(A) and wise(B) men drunk,(C)
    her governors, officers and warriors as well;
they will sleep(D) forever and not awake,”
    declares the King,(E) whose name is the Lord Almighty.

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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 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“You will drink your sister’s cup,
    a cup large and deep;
it will bring scorn and derision,(A)
    for it holds so much.(B)
33 You will be filled with drunkenness and sorrow,
    the cup of ruin and desolation,
    the cup of your sister Samaria.(C)
34 You will drink it(D) and drain it dry
    and chew on its pieces—
    and you will tear your breasts.

I have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord.(E)

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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 King of Assyria, your shepherds[a] slumber;(A)
    your nobles lie down to rest.(B)
Your people are scattered(C) on the mountains
    with no one to gather them.

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  1. Nahum 3:18 That is, rulers

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 You will be filled with shame(A) instead of glory.(B)
    Now it is your turn! Drink(C) and let your nakedness be exposed[a]!(D)
The cup(E) from the Lord’s right hand is coming around to you,
    and disgrace will cover your glory.

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  1. Habakkuk 2:16 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls, Aquila, Vulgate and Syriac (see also Septuagint) and stagger

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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