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15     wine to make them glad,
olive oil to soothe their skin,
    and bread to give them strength.

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You prepare a feast for me
    in the presence of my enemies.
You honor me by anointing my head with oil.
    My cup overflows with blessings.

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19 A party gives laughter,
    wine gives happiness,
    and money gives everything!

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So go ahead. Eat your food with joy, and drink your wine with a happy heart, for God approves of this!

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13 But the grapevine also refused, saying,
‘Should I quit producing the wine
    that cheers both God and people,
    just to wave back and forth over the trees?’

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You love justice and hate evil.
    Therefore, O God, your God has anointed you,
    pouring out the oil of joy on you more than on anyone else.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 1:8-9 Ps 45:6-7.

10 But you have made me as strong as a wild ox.
    You have anointed me with the finest oil.

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20 But you are not like that, for the Holy One has given you his Spirit,[a] and all of you know the truth.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:20 Greek But you have an anointing from the Holy One.

18 Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit,

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15 The Lord of Heaven’s Armies will protect his people,
    and they will defeat their enemies by hurling great stones.
They will shout in battle as though drunk with wine.
    They will be filled with blood like a bowl,
    drenched with blood like the corners of the altar.
16 On that day the Lord their God will rescue his people,
    just as a shepherd rescues his sheep.
They will sparkle in his land
    like jewels in a crown.
17 How wonderful and beautiful they will be!
    The young men will thrive on abundant grain,
    and the young women will flourish on new wine.

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16 Then he told me, “Son of man, I will make food very scarce in Jerusalem. It will be weighed out with great care and eaten fearfully. The water will be rationed out drop by drop, and the people will drink it with dismay.

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46 You neglected the courtesy of olive oil to anoint my head, but she has anointed my feet with rare perfume.

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12 They will come home and sing songs of joy on the heights of Jerusalem.
    They will be radiant because of the Lord’s good gifts—
the abundant crops of grain, new wine, and olive oil,
    and the healthy flocks and herds.
Their life will be like a watered garden,
    and all their sorrows will be gone.

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