Isaiah 5:11
Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
King James Version
In Context
10Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.
Cross References
Proverbs 20:1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Proverbs 23:32At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
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, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!
Hosea 7:5In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.
Luke 21:34And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so 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 →