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Even these men[a] stagger because of wine;
they stumble around because of beer—
priests and prophets stagger because of beer,
they are confused[b] because of wine,
they stumble around because of beer;
they stagger while seeing prophetic visions,[c]
they totter while making legal decisions.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 28:7 tn Heb “these.” The demonstrative pronoun anticipates “priests and prophets” two lines later.
  2. Isaiah 28:7 tn According to HALOT 135 s.v. III בלע, the verb form is derived from בָּלַע (balaʿ, “confuse”), not the more common בָּלַע (“swallow”). See earlier notes at 3:12 and 9:16.
  3. Isaiah 28:7 tn Heb “in the seeing.”
  4. Isaiah 28:7 tn Heb “[in] giving a decision.”