<p class="poetry">Like a thorn<n id="1" /> that goes into the hand of a drunkard,p> <p class="poetry">so is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.<n id="2" />p>

His servant Zimri, a commander of half of his chariot force, conspired against him. While Elah was drinking heavily<n id="1" /> at the house of Arza, who supervised the palace in Tirzah,

They marched out at noon, while Ben Hadad and the thirty-two kings allied with him were drinking heavily<n id="1" /> in their quarters.<n id="2" />

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> has made them undiscerning;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they lead Egypt astray in all she does,p> <p class="poetry">so that she is like a drunk sliding around in his own vomit.<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Here is what the <sc>Lordsc> says concerning the false prophets:<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">My heart and my mind are deeply disturbed.p> <p class="poetry">I tremble all over.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">I am like a drunk person,p> <p class="poetry">like a person who has had too much wine,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">because of the way the <sc>Lordsc>p> <p class="poetry">and his holy word are being mistreated.<n id="5" />p>