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.
9 ‘Who is it he is trying to teach?To whom is he explaining his message?To children weaned from their milk,to those just taken from the breast?
10 For it is:do this, do that,a rule for this, a rule for that;a little here, a little there.’
11 Very well then, with foreign lips and strange tonguesGod will speak to this people,
12 to whom he said,‘This is the resting-place, let the weary rest’;and, ‘This is the place of repose’ –but they would not listen.