7. But these also stagger from wineand stumble from strong drink:Priest and prophet stagger from strong drink,overpowered by wine;They are confused by strong drink,they stagger in their visions,they totter when giving judgment.
8. Yes, all the tablesare covered with vomit,with filth, and no place left clean.
9. “To whom would he impart knowledge?To whom would he convey the message?To those just weaned from milk,those weaned from the breast?
10. For he says,‘Command on command, command on command,rule on rule, rule on rule,here a little, there a little!’”
11. Yes, with stammering lips and in a strange languagehe will speak to this people,
12. to whom he said:“This is the resting place,give rest to the weary;And this is the place of repose”—but they refused to hear.
13. So for them the word of the Lord shall be:“Command on command, command on command,Rule on rule, rule on rule,here a little, there a little!”So that when they walk, they shall stumble backward,broken, ensnared, and captured.
14. Therefore, hear the word of the Lord, you scoffers,who rule this people in Jerusalem:
15. You have declared, “We have made a covenant with death,with Sheol we have made a pact;When the raging flood passes through,it will not reach us;For we have made lies our refuge,and in falsehood we have found a hiding place,”—
16. Therefore, thus says the Lord God:See, I am laying a stone in Zion,a stone that has been tested,A precious cornerstone as a sure foundation;whoever puts faith in it will not waver.
17. I will make judgment a measuring line,and justice a level.—Hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies,and waters shall flood the hiding place.
18. Your covenant with death shall be canceledand your pact with Sheol shall not stand.When the raging flood passes through,you shall be beaten down by it.