5. In that day, the Lord of hosts will be the crown of glory and the wreath of exultation for the remnant of his people.
6. And he will be the spirit of judgment for those who sit in judgment, and the strength of those who return from war to the gates.
7. Yet truly, these also have been ignorant due to wine, and they have gone astray due to inebriation. The priest and the prophet have been ignorant because of inebriation. They have been absorbed by wine. They have staggered in drunkenness. They have not known the One who sees. They have been ignorant of judgment.
8. For all the tables have been filled with vomit and filth, so much so that there was no place left.
9. To whom will he teach knowledge? And to whom will he grant an understanding of what is heard? To those who have been weaned from the milk, who have been pulled away from the breasts.
10. So then: command, and command again; command, and command again; expect, and expect again; a little here, and a little there.
11. For with the speech of lips and with a different language, he will speak to this people.
12. He said to them: "This is my rest. Refresh the weary," and, "This is my refreshment." And yet they were unwilling to listen.
13. And so, the word of the Lord to them will be: "Command, and command again; command, and command again; expect, and expect again; a little here, and a little there," so that they may go forward and fall backward, and so that they may be broken and ensnared and captured.
14. Because of this, listen to the word of the Lord, you mocking men, who lord it over my people who are at Jerusalem.
15. For you have said: "We struck a deal with death, and we formed a pact with Hell. When the inundating scourge passes through, it will not overwhelm us. For we have placed our hope in lies, and we are protected by what is false."
16. For this reason, thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will set a stone within the foundations of Zion, a tested stone, a cornerstone, a precious stone, which has been established in the foundation: whoever trusts in him need not hurry.
17. And I will establish judgment in weights, and justice in measures. And a hailstorm will overturn hope in what is false; and waters will inundate its protection.