Isaiah 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 

Le 10:9,10; Ps 107:27; Pr 20:1; Pr 31:4,5; Ec 10:17; Isa 3:12; Isa 9:16; Isa 19:14; Isa 56:10-12; Jer 14:14; Jer 23:13,16; La 2:4; Eze 13:7; Eze 44:21; Ho 4:11; Ho 4:12; Mic 2:11; Mt 24:29; Lu 21:34; Eph 5:28

¹ tn Heb “these.” The demonstrative pronoun anticipates “priests and prophets” two lines later.

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.

³ tn Heb “in the seeing.”

⁴ tn Heb “[in] giving a decision.”