Discovery BoxIsaiah 15:8 
Context15:8 Indeed, the cries of distress echo throughout Moabite territory;
their wailing can be heard in Eglaim and Beer Elim. 1
Isaiah 28:7
Context28:7 Even these men 2 stagger because of wine,
they stumble around because of beer –
priests and prophets stagger because of beer,
they are confused 3 because of wine,
they stumble around because of beer;
they stagger while seeing prophetic visions, 4
they totter while making legal decisions. 5
1 tn Heb “to Eglaim [is] her wailing, and [to] Beer Elim [is] her wailing.”
2 tn Heb “these.” The demonstrative pronoun anticipates “priests and prophets” two lines later.
3 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.
4 tn Heb “in the seeing.”
5 tn Heb “[in] giving a decision.”
