15 The head is (A)the elder and esteemed man,
And the prophet who teaches (B)falsehood is the tail.

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15 the elders(A) and dignitaries(B) are the head,
    the prophets(C) who teach lies(D) are the tail.

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And these also (A)reel with wine and stagger from intoxicating drink:
(B)The priest and (C)the prophet reel with intoxicating drink,
They are confused by wine, they stagger from (D)intoxicating drink;
They reel while [a]having (E)visions,
They stagger when rendering a verdict.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 28:7 Lit seeing

And these also stagger(A) from wine(B)
    and reel(C) from beer:
Priests(D) and prophets(E) stagger from beer
    and are befuddled with wine;
they reel from beer,
    they stagger when seeing visions,(F)
    they stumble when rendering decisions.

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10 For the Lord has poured over you a spirit of deep (A)sleep,
He has (B)shut your eyes—the prophets;
And He has covered your heads—the seers.

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10 The Lord has brought over you a deep sleep:(A)
    He has sealed your eyes(B) (the prophets);(C)
    he has covered your heads (the seers).(D)

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31 The (A)prophets prophesy falsely,
And the priests rule [a]on their own authority;
And My people (B)love it this way!
But what will you do [b]when the end comes?

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 5:31 Lit over their own hands
  2. Jeremiah 5:31 Lit at the end of it

31 The prophets prophesy lies,(A)
    the priests(B) rule by their own authority,
and my people love it this way.
    But what will you do in the end?(C)

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