Stay yourselves, and wonder Rather (as R.V. marg.), Be ye amazed and wonder. The first verb is of uncertain derivation. Probably both express the idea of astonishment. Cheyne (Comm.) rendered: "astonish yourselves and be astonished."

cry ye out, and cry Render: Blind yourselves and be blind. The root of both verbs is that used in ch. Isaiah 6:10 of "smearing" the eyes: the doom then threatened is now being fulfilled.

they are drunken … they stagger These perfects should probably be pointed and translated as imperatives; "be drunken" (so the LXX.).

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