Isaiah 28:5-15

5In that day the Lord of hosts will become a magnificent crown And a glorious diadem to the [converted] remnant of His people,

6A spirit of justice for him who sits in judgment [administering the law], A strength to those who drive back the battle at the gate.

7But even these reel with wine and stagger from strong drink: The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink; They are confused by wine, they stagger from strong drink; They reel while seeing visions, They stagger when pronouncing judgment.

8For all the tables are full of filthy vomit, so that there is no place [that is clean.]

9They say “To whom would He teach knowledge? And to whom would He explain the message? Those just weaned from milk? Those just taken from the breast?

10For He says, ‘Precept upon precept, precept upon precept, Rule upon rule, rule upon rule, Here a little, there a little.’ ”

11Indeed, the Lord will teach this people [in a more humiliating way] By [men with] stammering lips and a foreign tongue,

12He who said to them, “This is the place of quiet, give rest to the weary,” And, “This is the resting place,” yet they would not listen.

13Therefore the word of the Lord to them will be [merely monotonous repetitions]: “Precept upon precept, precept upon precept, Rule upon rule, rule upon rule, Here a little, there a little.” That they may go and stumble backward, and be broken, ensnared, and taken captive.

14Therefore, hear the word of the Lord, you arrogant men Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem!

15Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death, And with Sheol (the place of the dead) we have made an agreement, When the overwhelming scourge passes by, it will not reach us, For we have made lies our refuge and we have concealed ourselves in deception.”