5 On that daythe Lord of Hosts will become a crown of beautyand a diadem of splendor to the remnant of His people,
6 a spirit of justiceto the one who sits in judgment, and strengthto those who turn back the battle at the gate.
7 These also stagger because of wineand stumble under the influence of beer:priest and prophet stagger because of beer,they are confused by wine. They stumble because of beer,they are muddled in their visions,they stumble in their judgments.
8 Indeed, all their tables are covered with vomit;there is no place without a stench.
9 Who is he trying to teach?Who is he trying to instruct?Infants just weaned from milk?Babies removed from the breast?
10 For he says: “Law after law, law after law,line after line, line after line,a little here, a little there.”
11 So He will speak to this peoplewith stammering speechand in a foreign language.