Isaiah 5:22
Woe to them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
In Context
21Woe to them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
23Who justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
Cross References
1 Kings 20:16And they went out at noon. But Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.
Proverbs 31:5Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
Isaiah 28:1Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower; who are on the head of the rich valleys of them that are overcome with wine!
Isaiah 56:12Come ye, say they , I will bring wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to-morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 5:19-30
Denunciations against Sin. ( b. c. 758.) 18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope: 19 That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it! 20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! 21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in… Read the whole commentary →