Jehovah has mixed a perverse spirit in its midst; and they have caused Egypt to err in all its work, like a drunkard staggers in his vomit.

His watchmen are blind; they are all ignorant; they are all dumb dogs who cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.

They say, Come, let us get wine and binge on strong drink; and tomorrow shall be like today; much more abundant.

Do not drink wine or strong drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the tent of meeting, that you not die. It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations,

to make a distinction between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean,

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and whoever goes astray by it is not wise.

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for princes strong drink;

lest they drink, and forget the Law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.

Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobles, and your rulers eat at the proper time, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

No priest shall drink wine when he enters the inner court.

Harlotry and wine and new wine snatch away the heart.

If a man walks with a spirit of deception and lies saying, I will prophesy to you for wine and for strong drink, he shall even be a prophet for this people.

And immediately after the affliction of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with giddiness, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that Day come upon you unexpectedly.

So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself.

They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.

As for My people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O My people, those leading you cause you to go astray, and they swallow the way of your paths.

For the leaders of this people lead them astray; and those who are led by them are swallowed up.

And Jehovah said to me, The prophets prophesy lies in My name; I did not send them, nor have I commanded them, nor did I speak to them. They prophesy to you a false vision and a worthless divination, and a thing of no value, and the deceit of their heart.

And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied by Baal and caused My people Israel to go astray.

Thus says Jehovah of Hosts, Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They fill you with vanities; they speak a vision from their own heart, not out of the mouth of Jehovah.

He has bent His bow like an enemy; He stood with His right hand like an adversary, and killed all who were desirable to the eye in the tent of the daughter of Zion. He has poured out His fury like fire.

Have you not seen a vain vision, and have you not spoken a lying divination? You say, Jehovah declares; though I have not spoken.

My people seek advice from their wooden idols, and their magic wand expounds to them. For the spirit of harlotry has led them astray, and they have committed adultery against their God.