2 See, the Lord has one who is powerful and strong.Like a hailstorm and a destructive wind,like a driving rain and a flooding downpour,he will throw it forcefully to the ground.
3 That wreath, the pride of Ephraim’s drunkards,will be trampled underfoot.
4 That fading flower, his glorious beauty,set on the head of a fertile valley,will be like figs ripe before harvest –as soon as people see them and take them in hand,they swallow them.
5 In that day the Lord Almightywill be a glorious crown,a beautiful wreathfor the remnant of his people.
6 He will be a spirit of justiceto the one who sits in judgment,a source of strengthto those who turn back the battle at the gate.
7 And these also stagger from wineand reel from beer:priests and prophets stagger from beerand are befuddled with wine;they reel from beer,they stagger when seeing visions,they stumble when rendering decisions.
8 All the tables are covered with vomitand there is not a spot without filth.