²⁰ The earth reels like a drunkard,^(A)
    it sways like a hut^(B) in the wind;
so heavy upon it is the guilt of its rebellion^(C)
    that it falls^(D)—never to rise again.^(E)

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.

¹⁴ Those who swear by the sin of Samaria^(A)—
    who say, ‘As surely as your god lives, Dan,’^(B)
    or, ‘As surely as the god^[a] of Beersheba^(C) lives’—
    they will fall,^(D) never to rise again.^(E)”

⁴ “But let no one bring a charge,
    let no one accuse another,
for your people are like those
    who bring charges against a priest.^(N)
5 You stumble^(O) day and night,
    and the prophets stumble with you.
So I will destroy your mother^(P)—

⁹ Be stunned and amazed,^(A)
    blind yourselves and be sightless;^(B)
be drunk,^(C) but not from wine,^(D)
    stagger,^(E) but not from beer.

“With such violence
    the great city^(C) of Babylon will be thrown down,
    never to be found again.

¹⁴ “My sins have been bound into a yoke^[a];^(A)
    by his hands they were woven together.
They have been hung on my neck,
    and the Lord has sapped my strength.
He has given me into the hands^(B)
    of those I cannot withstand.