Isaiah 5:11

Woe to you that rise up early in the morning to follow drunkenness, and to drink till the evening, to be inflamed with wine.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!

In Context

10dummy verses inserted by amos

12The harp, and the lyre, and the timbrel, and the pipe, and wine are in your feasts: and the work of the Lord you regard not, nor do you consider the works of his hands.

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Cross References

Proverbs 20:1Wine is a luxurious thing, and drunkenness riotous: whosoever is delighted therewith shell not be wise.

Proverbs 23:32But in the end, it will bite like a snake, and will spread abroad poison like a basilisk.

Isaiah 5:22Woe to you that are mighty to drink wine, and stout men at drunkenness.

Isaiah 28:1Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower the glory of his joy, who were on the head of the fat valley, staggering with wine.

Hosea 7:5The day of our king, the princes began to be mad with wine: he stretched out his hand with scorners.

Luke 21:34And take heed to yourselves, lest perhaps your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness, and the cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly.

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 →

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