Isaiah 5:11

Woe to them that rise early in the morning to follow strong drink,—Who sit late in the night that wine may inflame them!

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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

10Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield a single bath of wine, And a homer of seed shall produce but an ephah.

12And the lyre and the harp, the tabret and the pipe, and wine, are at their feasts, But they regard not the work of Jehovah, Nor attend to the operation of his hands.

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Cross References

Proverbs 20:1Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, And he that reeleth with it is not wise.

Proverbs 23:32At the last it biteth like a serpent, And stingeth like an adder.

Isaiah 5:22Woe to them that are valiant to drink wine, And men of might to mingle strong drink!

Isaiah 28:1Woe to the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim, To the fading flower, his glorious beauty, At the head of the rich valley of a people stupefied with wine.

Hosea 7:5On the feast-day of our king, the princes are sick with the heat of wine, And he stretcheth out his hand with revilers.

Luke 21:34But take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be weighed down with surfeiting and drunkenness and worldly cares, and that day come upon you unawares.

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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