8. Their tables are covered,completely covered,with their stinking vomit.
9. You drunken leadersare like babies!How can you possibly understandor teach the Lord's message?
10. You don't even listen—all you hear is senseless soundafter senseless sound.
11. So, the Lord will speakto his peoplein strange soundsand foreign languages.
12. He promised youperfect peace and rest,but you refused to listen.
13. Now his message to youwill be senseless soundafter senseless sound.Then you will fall backwards,injured and trapped.
14. You rulers of Jerusalemdo nothing but sneer;now you must listento what the Lord says.
15. Do you think you havean agreement with deathand the world of the dead?Why do you trust in your liesto keep you safe from dangerand the mighty flood?