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.
12. He had said to them:“This is the place of rest,let the weary rest; this is the place of repose.”But they would not listen.