22:13 joy and gladness . . . drinking. This is the spirit of revelry (v. 2). It should be contrasted with the joy of God’s people (35:10; 51:11).

wine. See 24:11.

Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die. This is a proverbial expression of contempt and disregard for God’s purposes in history (1 Cor. 15:32; cf. Luke 12:19, 20).