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11 Ah! Those who rise early in the morning,
    they pursue strong drink.
Those who linger in the evening,
    wine inflames them.
12 And there will be lyre and harp,
    tambourine and flute,
    and wine at their feasts,
but they do not look at the deeds[a] of Yahweh,
    and they do not see the work of his hands.
13 Therefore my people will go into exile without knowledge,
and their[b] nobles[c] will be men of hunger,
and their[d] multitude is parched with thirst.
14 Therefore Sheol has enlarged its throat,
    and it has opened wide its mouth without limit,
and her[e] nobles[f] will go down, and her multitude,
    her tumult and those who revel in her.

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  1. Isaiah 5:12 Hebrew “deed”
  2. Isaiah 5:13 Hebrew “its”
  3. Isaiah 5:13 Hebrew “noble”
  4. Isaiah 5:13 Hebrew “its”
  5. Isaiah 5:14 That is, Jerusalem’s
  6. Isaiah 5:14 Hebrew “noble”

11 Woe to those who rise early in the morning so that they may pursue (A)intoxicating drink,
Who stay up late in the evening so that wine may inflame them!
12 Their banquets are accompanied by lyre and (B)harp, by tambourine and flute, and by wine;
But they (C)do not pay attention to the deeds of the Lord,
Nor do they consider the work of His hands.

13 Therefore My people go into exile for their (D)lack of knowledge;
And their [a](E)nobles are famished,
And their multitude is parched with thirst.
14 Therefore (F)Sheol has enlarged its [b]throat and opened its mouth beyond measure;
And [c]Jerusalem’s splendor, her multitude, her noise of revelry, and the jubilant within her, descend into it.

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  1. Isaiah 5:13 Lit glory is men of famine
  2. Isaiah 5:14 Or appetite
  3. Isaiah 5:14 Lit her