2. Look! The Lord has someone who is powerful and strong;like a hailstorm, a disastrous tempest,like a downpour of mighty, overflowing waters,he can level them to the ground with his hand.
3. The majestic garland of Ephraim’s drunkswill be trampled underfoot.
4. The withered flower, which is a thing of beautyas it sits on the head of those bloated with fat,will be like an early fig before the summer harvest:whoever sees it swallows it as soon as it is in hand.
5. On that day, the Lord of heavenly forces will be a splendid garland and a beautiful wreath for the people who survive,
6. and a spirit of justice for the one who sits in judgment, and a strength for those who repel the assault at the gate.
7. These also stagger from wine and stumble from beer:priest and prophet stagger from beer;they are confused by wine;they stray on account of beer;they err when receiving visions;they stumble when making judgments.
8. All the tables are covered with vomit;filth overruns the place.
9. To whom will God teach knowledge?To whom will he explain the message?To those just weaned from milk?To those who have hardly outgrown the breast?