Isaiah 5:11

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Isaiah 5:11

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.

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KJV

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!

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WEB

World English Bible

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!

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ASV

American Standard Version

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!

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Isaiah 5

⁹ I heard the LORD of Hosts declare: “Surely many houses will become desolate, great mansions left unoccupied.

¹⁰ For ten acres of vineyard will yield but a bath of wine, and a homer of seed only an ephah of grain.”

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.

¹³ Therefore My people will go into exile for their lack of understanding; their dignitaries are starving and their masses are parched with thirst.

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