Isaiah 5:11-14
World English Bible
11 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!
12 The harp, lyre, tambourine, and flute, with wine, are at their feasts;
but they don’t respect the work of Yahweh,
neither have they considered the operation of his hands.
13 Therefore my people go into captivity for lack of knowledge.
Their honorable men are famished,
and their multitudes are parched with thirst.
14 Therefore Sheol[a] has enlarged its desire,
and opened its mouth without measure;
and their glory, their multitude, their pomp, and he who rejoices among them, descend into it.
Footnotes
- 5:14 Sheol is the place of the dead.
Isaiah 5:11-14
International Standard Version
Judgment on Alcoholics
11 “How terrible it will be for those who rise at dawn
in order to grab[a] a stiff drink,
for those who stay up late at night
as wine inflames them!
12 They have the lyre and harp,
the tambourine and flute,
as well as wine at their festivals,
but they don’t respect what the Lord is doing,
nor do they consider his actions.[b]
13 Therefore my people go into exile
because they lack understanding;
my[c] honored men go hungry,
and the crowd is parched with thirst.
14 Therefore Sheol’s[d] appetite has grown;
it has opened its mouth beyond limit.
Jerusalem’s nobility and her multitudes will go there,
along with her brawlers and whoever is reveling within her.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 5:11 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX may run after
- Isaiah 5:12 Lit. consider the work of his hands
- Isaiah 5:13 So 1QIsaa; MT reads their
- Isaiah 5:14 I.e. the realm of the dead
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