14 The Lord has mixed within her a spirit of (A)distortion;
(B)They have led Egypt astray in all [a]that it does,
As a (C)drunken person [b]staggers in his vomit.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 19:14 Lit its work
  2. Isaiah 19:14 Or goes astray

14 The Lord has poured into them
    a spirit of dizziness;(A)
they make Egypt stagger in all that she does,
    as a drunkard staggers(B) around in his vomit.

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Judgment on the Earth

24 Behold, the Lord (A)lays the earth waste, devastates it, twists its surface, and scatters its inhabitants.

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The Lord’s Devastation of the Earth

24 See, the Lord is going to lay waste the earth(A)
    and devastate(B) it;
he will ruin its face
    and scatter(C) its inhabitants—

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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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