Isaiah 5:22
Cursed are those who are strong to take wine, and great in making mixed drinks!
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
In Context
21Cursed are those who seem wise to themselves, and who take pride in their knowledge!
Cross References
1 Kings 20:16And in the middle of the day they went out. But Ben-hadad was drinking in the tents with the thirty-two kings who were helping him.
Proverbs 31:5For fear that through drinking they may come to have no respect for the law, wrongly judging the cause of those who are in trouble.
Isaiah 28:1Ho! crown of pride of those who are given up to wine in Ephraim, and the dead flower of his glory which is on the head of those who are overcome by strong drink!
Isaiah 56:12Come, they say, I will get wine, and we will take strong drink in full measure; and tomorrow will be like today, full of pleasure.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 5:19-30
Denunciations against Sin. ( b. c. 758.) 18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope: 19 That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it! 20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! 21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in… Read the whole commentary →