Midrash su Isaia 51:21

R. Shesheth said, in the name or R. Elazar b. Azaria: (Fol. 65a) "I can (by my plea) release the entire world (of Israel) from Divine Judgment, since the destruction of the Temple to this very day, for it is said (Is. 51, 21.) Therefore hear now this, O thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine. [Hence if all are drunk then they are not responsible.] An objection was made from the following: 'A drunken man's purchase is a valid purchase; his selling is a valid sale; if he has committed a crime which involves capital punishment, he should be executed; if he has committed a crime involving punishment by straps, he should be given lashes; as a general rule, he is, in all respects, considered a sober man with the exception that he is to be free from prayer." [This is in contradiction to the opinion of R. Shesheth, who said in the name of R. Elazar b. Azaria, that a drunken man cannot be judged]. R. Shesheth will say that his statement, 'I can exempt the world from Divine Judgment', also means 'Judgment caused through prayer.'R. Chanina said: "All the above is said concerning a man who is not as drunk as was Lot, but if he is as drunk as Lot was, then he is exempt from everything."