Isaiah 28:5-15

⁵ In that day will the Lord of armies be a crown of glory, and a fair ornament, to the rest of his people; ⁶ And a spirit of wisdom to the judge, and strength to those who keep back the attackers at the door of the town. ⁷ And further, these are uncertain through wine, and have gone out of the right way through strong drink: the priest and the prophet are uncertain through strong drink, they are overcome by wine, they have gone out of the way through strong drink; their vision is false, they go wrong in their decisions. ⁸ For all the tables are covered with coughed-up food, so that there is not a clean place.

⁹ To whom will he give knowledge? and to whom will he make clear the word? Will it be to those who have newly given up milk, and who have only now been taken from the breast? ¹⁰ For it is one rule after another; one line after another; here a little, there a little. ¹¹ No, but with broken talk, and with a strange tongue, he will give his word to this people: ¹² To whom he said, This is the rest, give rest to him who is tired; and by this you may get new strength; but they would not give ear. ¹³ For this cause the word of the Lord will be to them rule after rule, line after line, here a little, there a little; so that they may go on their way, and falling back may be broken, and taken in the net.

The Warning to Jerusalem

¹⁴ Give ear then to the word of the Lord, you men of pride, the rulers of this people in Jerusalem: ¹⁵ Because you have said, We have made death our friend, and with the underworld we have made an agreement; when the overflowing waters come through they will not come near us; for we are looking to false words for help, taking cover in what is untrue: