The transition 'Therefore hear this, you afflicted one, drunk, but not with wine' addresses Jerusalem (or the exiles) as incapacitated by suffering rather than intoxication, yet still capable of hearing. The ironic reference to drunkenness without wine suggests that anguish itself intoxicates and disorients. Yet the imperative 'hear' insists that even in afflicted state, the audience can and must listen to the message of restoration. This verse asserts the possibility of divine communication even in deepest suffering.

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