Drunkenness and Mockery in Jerusalem

Isaiah 28:7-13

But there are others reeling from wine, staggering about because of strong liquor; cohen and prophet reel from strong liquor, they are confused by wine. Led astray by strong liquor, they err in their visions and stumble when judging.

All tables are covered with vomit and feces, not a single place is clean.

Can no one be taught anything? Can no one understand the message? Must one teach barely weaned toddlers, babies just taken from the breast,

so that [one has to use nursery rhymes]? Tzav la-tzav, tzav la-tzav, kav la-kav, kav la-kav z'eir sham, z'eir sham [Precept by precept, precept by precept, line by line, line by line, a little here, a little there].

So with stammering lips, in a foreign accent, [ADONAI] will speak to this people.

He once told this people, "It's time to rest, the exhausted can rest, now you can relax" - but they wouldn't listen.

So now the word of ADONAI for them comes "precept by precept, precept by precept, line by line, line by line, a little here, a little there," so that when they walk, they stumble backward, and are broken, trapped and captured!

Drunkenness and Mockery in Jerusalem

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