Isaiah 5:11

Woe [to] those rising early in the morning, Strong drink they pursue! Tarrying in twilight, wine inflameth them!

Young's Literal Translation

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 do yield one bath, And an homer of seed yieldeth an ephah.

12And harp, and psaltery, tabret, and pipe, And wine, have been their banquets, And the work of Jehovah they behold not, Yea, the work of His hands they have not seen.

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Cross References

Proverbs 20:1Wine [is] a scorner — strong drink [is] noisy, And any going astray in it is not wise.

Proverbs 23:32Its latter end — as a serpent it biteth, And as a basilisk it stingeth.

Isaiah 5:22Woe [to] the mighty to drink wine, And men of strength to mingle strong drink.

Isaiah 28:1Woe [to] the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim. And the fading flower of the beauty of his glory, That [is] on the head of the fat valley of the broken down of wine.

Hosea 7:5A day of our king! Princes have polluted themselves [with] the poison of wine, He hath drawn out his hand with scorners.

Luke 21:34'And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts may be weighed down with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and anxieties of life, and suddenly that day may come on you,

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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