Isa 28:7 | NETfull | STEP | Even these men stagger because of wine, they stumble around because of beer – priests and prophets stagger because of beer, they are confused because of wine, they stumble around because of beer; they stagger while seeing prophetic visions, they totter while making legal decisions.

Isaiah 28:7

7 Even these men ^{▼▼ Heb “these.” The demonstrative pronoun anticipates “priests and prophets” two lines later.} stagger because of wine,
they stumble around because of beer –
priests and prophets stagger because of beer,
they are confused ^{▼▼ According to HALOT 135 s.v. III בלע, the verb form is derived from בָּלַע (bala’, “confuse”), not the more common בָּלַע (“swallow”). See earlier notes at 3:12 and 9:16.} because of wine,
they stumble around because of beer;
they stagger while seeing prophetic visions, ^{▼▼ Heb “in the seeing.”}
they totter while making legal decisions. ^{▼▼ Heb “[in] giving a decision.”}