But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the kohen and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
Feed the flock of Elohim which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:
I Yochanan, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the Kingdom and patience of Y'shuw`a HaMoshiach, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of Elohim, and for the testimony of Y'shuw`a HaMoshiach.
And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
For they that are such serve not our Lord Y'shuw`a HaMoshiach, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith YY -TZvaot, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
The heads thereof judge for reward, and the kohanim thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon YY , and say, Is not YY among us? none evil can come upon us.
Thus saith YY concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.
If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.
Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the kohen every one dealeth falsely.
For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the kohen every one dealeth falsely.
Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Efrayim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!