"Therefore you are to speakthiswordto them, 'Thussaysthe LORD,the Godof Israel,"Everyjugis to be filledwith wine."'And when they sayto you, 'Do we not verywellknowthat everyjugis to be filledwith wine?'
For as the waistbandclingsto the waistof a man,soI made the wholehouseholdof Israeland the wholehouseholdof Judahclingto Me,' declaresthe LORD,'that they might be for Me a people,for renown,for praiseand for glory;but they did not listen.'
then sayto them, 'Thussaysthe LORD,"BeholdI am about to fillallthe inhabitantsof thisland--the kingsthat sitfor Davidon his throne,the priests,the prophetsand allthe inhabitantsof Jerusalem--with drunkenness!
"They will drinkand staggerand gomadbecauseof the swordthat I will sendamongthem."
The peoplesaidto me, "Will you not tellus whatthesethingsthat you are doingmean for us?"
