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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  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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19 (A)For handfuls of barley and pieces of bread, you have profaned Me to My people, to put to death [a]some who should not die, and to (B)keep [b]others alive who should not live, by your lying to My people who listen to lies.”’”

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  1. Ezekiel 13:19 Lit souls
  2. Ezekiel 13:19 Lit souls

19 You have profaned(A) me among my people for a few handfuls of barley and scraps of bread.(B) By lying to my people, who listen to lies, you have killed those who should not have died and have spared those who should not live.(C)

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This is what the Lord says concerning the prophets who (A)lead my people astray:

When they have something to bite with their teeth,
They (B)cry out, “Peace!”
But against him who puts nothing in their mouths
They declare holy war.

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This is what the Lord says:

“As for the prophets
    who lead my people astray,(A)
they proclaim ‘peace’(B)
    if they have something to eat,
but prepare to wage war against anyone
    who refuses to feed them.

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11 Her leaders pronounce (A)judgment for a bribe,
Her (B)priests teach for pay,
And her prophets divine for money.
Yet they lean on the Lord, saying,
(C)Is the Lord not in our midst?
Catastrophe will not come upon us.”

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11 Her leaders judge for a bribe,(A)
    her priests teach for a price,(B)
    and her prophets tell fortunes for money.(C)
Yet they look(D) for the Lord’s support and say,
    “Is not the Lord among us?
    No disaster will come upon us.”(E)

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