The accusation that their drink is gone and they have played the harlot continually, with their rulers love shame instead of glory, indicates the complete inversion of values where Israel chooses and celebrates the very covenant violations that should produce shame. The drinking metaphor (paralleled with sexual infidelity) suggests both literal intoxication and metaphorical spiritual intoxication, where Israel is consumed and controlled by her idolatrous impulses. The statement that rulers love shame articulates the way that leadership has become corrupted, as those who should guide toward covenant faithfulness instead model and celebrate covenant violation.

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