1. Woe to the crown of arrogance, to the inebriated of Ephraim, and to the falling flower, the glory of his exultation, to those who were at the top of the very fat valley, staggering from wine.
2. Behold, the Lord is powerful and steadfast, like a storm of hail, like a crushing whirlwind, like the force of many waters, inundating, sent forth over a spacious land.
3. The arrogant crown of the inebriated of Ephraim will be trampled under foot.
4. And the falling flower, the glory of his exultation, who is at the summit of the fat valley, will be like a premature fruit before the ripeness of autumn, which, when the onlooker beholds it, as soon he takes it in his hand, he will devour it.
5. In that day, the Lord of hosts will be the crown of glory and the wreath of exultation for the remnant of his people.
6. And he will be the spirit of judgment for those who sit in judgment, and the strength of those who return from war to the gates.
7. Yet truly, these also have been ignorant due to wine, and they have gone astray due to inebriation. The priest and the prophet have been ignorant because of inebriation. They have been absorbed by wine. They have staggered in drunkenness. They have not known the One who sees. They have been ignorant of judgment.
8. For all the tables have been filled with vomit and filth, so much so that there was no place left.
9. To whom will he teach knowledge? And to whom will he grant an understanding of what is heard? To those who have been weaned from the milk, who have been pulled away from the breasts.
10. So then: command, and command again; command, and command again; expect, and expect again; a little here, and a little there.
11. For with the speech of lips and with a different language, he will speak to this people.
12. He said to them: "This is my rest. Refresh the weary," and, "This is my refreshment." And yet they were unwilling to listen.