Isaiah 5:11
Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink, who tarry late into the night, till wine inflame them!
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
10For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield [but] an ephah.
Cross References
Proverbs 20:1Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever errs thereby is not wise.
Proverbs 23:32At the end it bites like a serpent, and stings like an adder.
Isaiah 5:22Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink,
Isaiah 28:1Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley of those who are overcome with wine!
Hosea 7:5On the day of our king the rulers made themselves sick with the heat of wine. He stretched out his hand with scoffers.
Luke 21:34But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down in debauchery and drunkenness and mundane cares, and that day come upon you sudden.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 5:9-18
Worldly-Mindedness Reproved; The Punishment of the Sensual. ( b. c. 758.) 8 Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth! 9 In mine ears said the Lord of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. 10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of a homer shall yield an ephah. 11 Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow… Read the whole commentary →