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Isaiah 5:11

Self-controlMoney and wealth

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 an homer shall yield an ephah.

Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!

12 And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.

13 Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.
KJV
Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
WEB
Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink, who stay late into the night, until wine inflames them!
ASV
Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that tarry late into the night, till wine inflame them!
DARBY
Woe unto them that, rising early in the morning, run after strong drink; that linger till twilight, [till] wine inflameth them!
BLB
Woe [to those] rising early in the morning to pursue strong drink, tarrying into the twilight as wine inflames them!
ÅB
Ve dem som står tidlig opp om morgenen og jager etter sterk drikk, som sitter langt utover kvelden, glødende av vin!
OTB
Ve dem som står opp tidlig om morgenen for å jage etter sterk drikk, som sitter oppe sent om natten til de er oppglødd av vin.
B1930
Ve dem som står tidlig op om morgenen og jager efter sterk drikk, som sitter langt utover aftenen, glødende av vin!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Proverbs 23:29–30

    Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?

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  • Romans 13:13

    Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.

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  • Proverbs 20:1

    Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

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  • Isaiah 5:22

    Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:

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  • Ecclesiastes 10:16–17

    Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

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  • Isaiah 28:7–8

    But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

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  • Habakkuk 2:15

    Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!

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  • 1 Thessalonians 5:6–7

    Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

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