Isaiah 5:11

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

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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

10For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of a homer shall yield an ephah.

12And the harp and the psaltery, the tabret and the pipe, and wine, are in their feasts; but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither have they considered the operation of His hands.

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Cross References

Proverbs 20:1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is riotous; and whosoever reeleth thereby is not wise.

Proverbs 23:32At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like a basilisk.

Isaiah 5:22Woe unto them that 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 them that are smitten down with wine!

Hosea 7:5On the day of our king the princes make him sick with the heat of wine, he stretcheth out his hand with scorners.

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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