Yesaya 28:7

28:7 Even these men ¹  stagger because of wine,

they stumble around because of beer –

priests and prophets stagger because of beer,

they are confused ²  because of wine,

they stumble around because of beer;

they stagger while seeing prophetic visions, ³ 

they totter while making legal decisions. ⁴ 

Yesaya 32:6

32:6 For a fool speaks disgraceful things; ⁵ 

his mind plans out sinful deeds. ⁶ 

He commits godless deeds ⁷ 

and says misleading things about the Lord;

he gives the hungry nothing to satisfy their appetite ⁸ 

and gives the thirsty nothing to drink. ⁹ 

[28:7]  ¹ tn Heb “these.” The demonstrative pronoun anticipates “priests and prophets” two lines later.

[28:7]  ² tn 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.

[28:7]  ³ tn Heb “in the seeing.”

[28:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “[in] giving a decision.”

[32:6]  ⁵ tn Or “foolishness,” in a moral-ethical sense. See 9:17.

[32:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “and his heart commits sin”; KJV, ASV “his heart will work iniquity”; NASB “inclines toward wickedness.”

[32:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “in order to do [or “so that he does”] what is godless [or “defiled”].”

[32:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “so that he leaves empty the appetite [or “desire”] of the hungry.”

[32:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “and the drink of the thirsty he causes to fail.”