Isa 28:7 | NET2full | 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 ^{▼▼tn 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 ^{▼▼tn According to HALOT 135 s.v. III בלע, the verb form is derived from בָּלַע (balaʿ, “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, ^{▼▼tn Heb “in the seeing.”}
they totter while making legal decisions. ^{▼▼tn Heb “[in] giving a decision.”}