Isaiah 5:13
11 Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.
12 At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.
Therefore My people will go into exile for their lack of understanding; their dignitaries are starving and their masses are parched with thirst.
14 Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat and opens wide its enormous jaws, and down go Zion’s nobles and masses, her revelers and carousers!
15 So mankind will be brought low, and each man humbled; the arrogant will lower their eyes.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- Therefore My people will go into exile for their lack of understanding; their dignitaries are starving and their masses are parched with thirst.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Therefore my people go into captivity for lack of knowledge. Their honorable men are famished, and their multitudes are parched with thirst.
- ASV
- Therefore my people are gone into captivity for lack of knowledge; and their honorable men are famished, and their multitude are parched with thirst.
- DARBY
- Therefore my people are led away captive from lack of knowledge, and their nobility die of famine, and their multitude are parched with thirst.
- BLB
- Therefore my people have gone into captivity from lack of knowledge; and its honored men go hungry, and its multitude [is] parched with thirst.
- ÅB
- Derfor blir mitt folk bortført uforvarende, dets stormenn lider hunger, og dets larmende hop vansmekter av tørst.
- OTB
- Derfor skal mitt folk gå i eksil for sin mangel på forståelse; deres fornemme menn skal dø av sult, og mengden skal tørste av tørst.
- B1930
- Derfor blir mitt folk bortført uforvarende, dets stormenn lider hunger, og dets larmende hop vansmekter av tørst.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
Read in contextIsaiah 1:3
The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.”
Read in contextIsaiah 27:11
When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.
Read in contextIsaiah 1:7
Your land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners devour your fields before you— a desolation demolished by strangers.
Read in contextRomans 1:28
Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
Read in contextJohn 3:19–20
And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.
Read in contextMatthew 23:16–27
Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’
Read in contextLamentations 4:4–5
The nursing infant’s tongue clings in thirst to the roof of his mouth. Little children beg for bread, but no one gives them any.
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