Isaiah 5:11
Wo vnto them, that rise vp early to follow drunkennes, and to them that continue vntill night, till the wine doe inflame them.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
10For ten acres of vines shall yelde one bath, and the seede of an homer shall yelde an ephah.
Cross References
Proverbs 20:1Wine is a mocker and strong drinke is raging: and whosoeuer is deceiued thereby, is not wise.
Proverbs 23:32In the ende thereof it will bite like a serpent, and hurt like a cockatrise.
Isaiah 5:22Wo vnto them that are mightie to drinke wine, and to them that are strong to powre in strong drinke:
Isaiah 28:1Woe to the crowne of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim: for his glorious beautie shall be a fading flowre, which is vpon the head of the valley of them that be fat, and are ouercome with wine.
Hosea 7:5This is the day of our King: the princes haue made him sicke with flagons of wine: he stretcheth out his hand to scorners.
Luke 21:34Take heede to your selues, lest at any time your hearts be oppressed with surfeting and drunkennesse, and cares of this life, and least that day come on you at vnwares.
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 →