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that continue until night, <i>till</i> wine inflame them!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Woe to those who rise early in the morning, <i>That</i> they may follow intoxicating drink; Who continue until night, <i>till</i> wine inflames them!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Woe to those who rise early in the morning so that they may pursue intoxicating drink, Who stay up late in the evening so that wine may inflame them!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Woe to those who rise early in the morning that they may pursue strong drink, Who stay up late in the evening that wine may inflame them!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Woe to those who rise early in the morning that they may pursue strong drink; Who stay up late in the evening that wine may inflame them!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Woe to those who rise early in the morning that they may pursue strong drink, Who stay up late in the evening that wine may inflame them!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Woe (judgment is coming) to those who rise early in the morning to pursue intoxicating drink, Who stay up late in the night till wine inflames them!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of beer, who linger into the evening, inflamed by wine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of beer, who linger into the evening, inflamed by wine. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You are in for trouble! You get up early to start drinking, and you keep it up late into the night. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />How horrible it will be for those who get up early to look for a drink, who sit up late until they are drunk from wine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You are doomed! You get up early in the morning to start drinking, and you spend long evenings getting drunk. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"How terrible it will be for those who rise at dawn in order to grab a stiff drink, for those who stay up late at night as wine inflames them!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Those who get up early to drink beer are as good as dead, those who keep drinking long after dark until they are intoxicated with wine. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Woe to them that rise early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflameth them!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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! <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Woe [to] those rising early in the morning, "" They pursue strong drink! Lingering in twilight, wine inflames them!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Woe to those rising early in the morning, Strong drink they pursue! Tarrying in twilight, wine inflameth them!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Wo to those rising early in the morning, they will follow strong drink; remaining in the evening, wine will inflame them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Woe to you that rise up early in the morning to follow drunkenness, and to drink till the evening, to be inflamed with wine. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Woe to you who rise up in the morning to pursue drunkenness, and to drink even until evening, so as to be inflamed with wine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Ah! Those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, lingering late inflamed by wine, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Ah, you who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger in the evening to be inflamed by wine,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Woe to them who rise up early in the morning, and run after strong drink; that continue drinking until night, till wine inflames them!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Woe to those who rise at dawn and run to liquor and stay up late in the evening and wine inflames them!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Woe <i>to them</i> that rise up in the morning, and follow strong drink; who wait <i>at it till</i> evening: for the wine shall inflame them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/5-11.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=972" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/5.htm">Woes to the Wicked</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">10</span>For ten acres of vineyard will yield but a bath of wine, and a homer of seed only an ephah of grain.” <span class="reftext">11</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1945.htm" title="1945: hō·w (Interjection) -- Ah! alas! ha! A prolonged form of how; oh!">Woe</a> <a href="/hebrew/7925.htm" title="7925: maš·kî·mê (V-Hifil-Prtcpl-mpc) -- A primitive root; properly, to incline; but used only as denominative from shkem; literally, to load up, i.e. To start early in the morning.">to those who rise early</a> <a href="/hebrew/1242.htm" title="1242: ḇab·bō·qer (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Morn- ing. From baqar; properly, dawn; generally, morning.">in the morning</a> <a href="/hebrew/7291.htm" title="7291: yir·dō·p̄ū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To pursue, chase, persecute. A primitive root; to run after (of time) gone by).">in pursuit of</a> <a href="/hebrew/7941.htm" title="7941: šê·ḵār (N-ms) -- Intoxicating drink, strong drink. From shakar; an intoxicant, i.e. Intensely alcoholic liquor.">strong drink,</a> <a href="/hebrew/309.htm" title="309: mə·’a·ḥă·rê (V-Piel-Prtcpl-mpc) -- To remain behind, tarry. A primitive root; to loiter; by implication to procrastinate.">who linger</a> <a href="/hebrew/5399.htm" title="5399: ḇan·ne·šep̄ (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Twilight. From nashaph; properly, a breeze, i.e. dusk.">into the evening,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1814.htm" title="1814: yaḏ·lî·qêm (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms:: 3mp) -- To burn, hotly pursue. A primitive root; to flame.">to be inflamed</a> <a href="/hebrew/3196.htm" title="3196: ya·yin (N-ms) -- Wine. From an unused root meaning to effervesce; wine; by implication, intoxication.">by wine.</a> </span><span class="reftext">12</span>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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/23-29.htm">Proverbs 23:29-35</a></span><br />Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes? / Those who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks. / Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/habakkuk/2-15.htm">Habakkuk 2:15-16</a></span><br />Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors, pouring it from the wineskin until they are drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness! / You will be filled with shame instead of glory. You too must drink and expose your uncircumcision! The cup in the LORD’s right hand will come around to you, and utter disgrace will cover your glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/5-18.htm">Ephesians 5:18</a></span><br />Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/20-1.htm">Proverbs 20:1</a></span><br />Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-10.htm">1 Corinthians 6:10</a></span><br />nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-11.htm">Hosea 4:11</a></span><br />to promiscuity, wine, and new wine, which take away understanding.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/5-21.htm">Galatians 5:21</a></span><br />and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/6-3.htm">Amos 6:3-6</a></span><br />You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence. / You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall. / You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/13-13.htm">Romans 13:13</a></span><br />Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/4-3.htm">1 Peter 4:3</a></span><br />For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/1-5.htm">Joel 1:5</a></span><br />Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-34.htm">Luke 21:34</a></span><br />But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/2-11.htm">Micah 2:11</a></span><br />If a man of wind were to come and say falsely, “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,” he would be just the preacher for this people!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/5-7.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:7</a></span><br />For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/1-10.htm">Nahum 1:10</a></span><br />For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard—like stubble that is fully dry.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Woe to them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!</p><p class="hdg">rise</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/5-22.htm">Isaiah 5:22</a></b></br> Woe unto <i>them that are</i> mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/28-1.htm">Isaiah 28:1</a></b></br> Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty <i>is</i> a fading flower, which <i>are</i> on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/23-29.htm">Proverbs 23:29,30</a></b></br> Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? … </p><p class="hdg">inflame.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/28-7.htm">Isaiah 28:7,8</a></b></br> But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble <i>in</i> judgment… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/20-1.htm">Proverbs 20:1</a></b></br> Wine <i>is</i> a mocker, strong drink <i>is</i> raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/23-32.htm">Proverbs 23:32</a></b></br> At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/1-5.htm">Continue</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-8.htm">Cursed</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-22.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/proverbs/31-5.htm">Drinking</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/3-13.htm">Drinks</a> <a href="/songs/7-12.htm">Early</a> <a href="/songs/4-6.htm">Evening</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/12-1.htm">Far</a> <a href="/songs/1-8.htm">Follow</a> <a href="/psalms/58-9.htm">Heated</a> <a href="/proverbs/26-21.htm">Inflame</a> <a href="/psalms/10-2.htm">Inflamed</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/5-4.htm">Late</a> <a href="/songs/6-10.htm">Morning</a> <a href="/isaiah/4-5.htm">Night</a> <a href="/proverbs/15-9.htm">Pursue</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-5.htm">Rise</a> <a href="/isaiah/2-21.htm">Rising</a> <a href="/songs/1-4.htm">Run</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-2.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/proverbs/23-30.htm">Tarry</a> <a href="/proverbs/23-30.htm">Tarrying</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-8.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-9.htm">Twilight</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-10.htm">Wine</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-8.htm">Wo</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-8.htm">Woe</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/32-8.htm">Continue</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-18.htm">Cursed</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-22.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-22.htm">Drinking</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-22.htm">Drinks</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-9.htm">Early</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-14.htm">Evening</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-26.htm">Far</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-11.htm">Follow</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-39.htm">Heated</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-5.htm">Inflame</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-5.htm">Inflamed</a> <a href="/amos/7-1.htm">Late</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-20.htm">Morning</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-22.htm">Night</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-16.htm">Pursue</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-7.htm">Rise</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-18.htm">Rising</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-3.htm">Run</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-22.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-9.htm">Tarry</a> <a href="/matthew/25-5.htm">Tarrying</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-21.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-4.htm">Twilight</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-12.htm">Wine</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-21.htm">Wo</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-18.htm">Woe</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 5</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/5-1.htm">Under the parable of a vineyard, God excuses his severe judgment</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/5-8.htm">His judgments upon covetousness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/5-11.htm">Upon lasciviousness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/5-13.htm">Upon impiety</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/5-20.htm">And upon injustice</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/5-26.htm">The executioners of God's judgments</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of Isaiah, it serves as a warning to the people of Judah who have turned away from God. Rising early in pursuit of strong drink indicates a lifestyle dominated by indulgence and addiction, suggesting a prioritization of pleasure over spiritual and moral responsibilities. This behavior reflects a deeper spiritual malaise, as seen in <a href="/proverbs/23-29.htm">Proverbs 23:29-35</a>, which warns against the dangers of excessive drinking. The pursuit of strong drink symbolizes a broader societal decay, where immediate gratification is sought over long-term faithfulness to God.<p><b>who linger into the evening</b><br>Lingering into the evening suggests a continuous, unbroken indulgence in alcohol, highlighting a life consumed by excess. This behavior is indicative of a lack of self-control and discipline, which are virtues extolled throughout Scripture (<a href="/galatians/5-22.htm">Galatians 5:22-23</a>). The cultural context of ancient Israel placed significant value on moderation and self-restraint, as seen in the Nazarite vow (<a href="/numbers/6.htm">Numbers 6:1-4</a>), which included abstaining from wine. The persistent indulgence from morning to evening underscores a rejection of these values and a descent into moral and spiritual apathy.<p><b>to be inflamed by wine</b><br>Being inflamed by wine suggests a loss of reason and self-control, leading to destructive behavior. This phrase captures the idea of being consumed or controlled by one's desires, a theme echoed in <a href="/ephesians/5-18.htm">Ephesians 5:18</a>, which contrasts being filled with the Spirit with being drunk on wine. The imagery of fire and inflammation can also be seen as a metaphor for judgment, as fire often represents God's purifying and consuming judgment in Scripture (<a href="/hebrews/12-29.htm">Hebrews 12:29</a>). The excessive consumption of wine, leading to a state of being inflamed, serves as a warning against allowing any substance or desire to take precedence over one's devotion to God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>The prophet who authored the book, delivering God's messages to the people of Judah and Jerusalem.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah_and_jerusalem.htm">Judah and Jerusalem</a></b><br>The primary audience of Isaiah's prophecies, representing the Southern Kingdom of Israel.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_people_of_judah.htm">The People of Judah</a></b><br>Those being warned in this passage, specifically those indulging in excessive drinking and neglecting God's commands.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_dangers_of_excess.htm">The Dangers of Excess</a></b><br>Isaiah warns against the pursuit of strong drink, highlighting the dangers of excess and addiction. Believers are called to exercise self-control and moderation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_alertness.htm">Spiritual Alertness</a></b><br>The passage emphasizes the need for spiritual alertness. Intoxication dulls the senses and can lead to moral and spiritual decay.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/prioritizing_god.htm">Prioritizing God</a></b><br>The pursuit of pleasure, such as excessive drinking, can become an idol that takes precedence over God. Believers are encouraged to seek God first in all things.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_sin.htm">Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>The "woe" pronounced by Isaiah serves as a reminder of the consequences of sin. God's judgment is real, and His warnings should be heeded.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_a_holy_life.htm">Living a Holy Life</a></b><br>Christians are called to live a life that reflects God's holiness, avoiding behaviors that lead to spiritual compromise.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 5</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_nurture_and_guide_children.htm">What does the Bible say about alcohol consumption?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/christian_view_on_wine.htm">What is the Christian Perspective on drinking wine?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_jealousy_blocking_your_growth.htm">What does communion symbolize in Christian faith?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_alcohol.htm">What does the Bible say about alcohol consumption?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(11) <span class= "bld">Woe unto them that rise up early.</span>--The same class as in <a href="/isaiah/5-8.htm" title="Woe to them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the middle of the earth!">Isaiah 5:8</a> meets us under another aspect. In Judah, as elsewhere, the oppressors were conspicuous for their luxury (<a href="/context/amos/6-5.htm" title="That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of music, like David;">Amos 6:5-6</a>). They shocked public feeling by morning banquets (<a href="/context/ecclesiastes/10-16.htm" title="Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning!">Ecclesiastes 10:16-17</a>; <a href="/acts/2-14.htm" title="But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said to them, You men of Judaea, and all you that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known to you, and listen to my words:">Acts 2:14</a>). Not wine only, but the "strong drink" made from honey and from dates and other fruits (possibly including, as a generic term, the beer for which Egypt was famous) was seen on their tables. The morning feast was followed, perhaps with hardly a break, by an evening revel. (Comp. <a href="/isaiah/22-13.htm" title="And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.">Isaiah 22:13</a>; <a href="/isaiah/28-7.htm" title="But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.">Isaiah 28:7</a>.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 11.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Woe unto them that... follow strong drink</span>. We have here <span class="accented">the second woe</span>. It is pronounced on drunkenness and revelry. Drunkenness is an infrequent Oriental vice; but it seems to have been one whereto many among the Jews were at all times prone (see <a href="/proverbs/20-1.htm">Proverbs 20:1</a>; <a href="/proverbs/23-29.htm">Proverbs 23:29-32</a>; <a href="/ecclesiastes/10-17.htm">Ecclesiastes 10:17</a>; <a href="/hosea/4-11.htm">Hosea 4:11</a>; <a href="/isaiah/28-7.htm">Isaiah 28:7</a>, etc.). Even the priests and the <span class="accented">soi-disant</span> prophets erred through strong drink and were swallowed up of wine" (<a href="/isaiah/28-7.htm">Isaiah 28:7</a>). <span class="cmt_word">That rise up early in the morning.</span> Great banquets were held by the "princes" and "nobles," beginning at an early hour (<a href="/ecclesiastes/10-10.htm">Ecclesiastes 10:10</a>), and accompanied by music of an exciting kind (<a href="/amos/6-5.htm">Amos 6:5, 6</a>), which were "<span class="accented">continued</span> until <span class="accented">night</span>," or rather, "into the night" (Revised Version), and terminated in general drunkenness, perhaps in general licentiousness. (See <a href="/proverbs/23-27.htm">Proverbs 23:27-30</a> and <a href="/hosea/4-11.htm">Hosea 4:11</a> for the connection of inebriety with whoredom.) Two kinds of intoxicating liquor seem to have been consumed at these banquets, viz. ordinary grape wine, and a much stronger drink, which is said to have been "made of dates, pomegranates, apples, honey, barley, and other ingredients," which was known as <span class="accented">shekar</span> (Greek, <span class="greek">σίκερα</span>), and is called "strong drink" in the Authorized Version. <span class="cmt_word">Till wine inflame them</span>; or, <span class="accented">the wine inflaming them</span>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/5-11.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Woe</span><br /><span class="heb">ה֛וֹי</span> <span class="translit">(hō·w)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1945.htm">Strong's 1945: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ah! alas! ha!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to those who rise early</span><br /><span class="heb">מַשְׁכִּימֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(maš·kî·mê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7925.htm">Strong's 7925: </a> </span><span class="str2">To load up, to start early in the morning</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the morning</span><br /><span class="heb">בַבֹּ֖קֶר</span> <span class="translit">(ḇab·bō·qer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1242.htm">Strong's 1242: </a> </span><span class="str2">Dawn, morning</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in pursuit of</span><br /><span class="heb">יִרְדֹּ֑פוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yir·dō·p̄ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7291.htm">Strong's 7291: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pursue, chase, persecute</span><br /><br /><span class="word">strong drink,</span><br /><span class="heb">שֵׁכָ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(šê·ḵār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7941.htm">Strong's 7941: </a> </span><span class="str2">An intoxicant, intensely alcoholic liquor</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who linger</span><br /><span class="heb">מְאַחֲרֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(mə·’a·ḥă·rê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_309.htm">Strong's 309: </a> </span><span class="str2">To loiter, to procrastinate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">into the evening,</span><br /><span class="heb">בַנֶּ֔שֶׁף</span> <span class="translit">(ḇan·ne·šep̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5399.htm">Strong's 5399: </a> </span><span class="str2">A breeze, dusk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to be inflamed</span><br /><span class="heb">יַדְלִיקֵֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(yaḏ·lî·qêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1814.htm">Strong's 1814: </a> </span><span class="str2">To burn, hotly pursue</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by wine.</span><br /><span class="heb">יַ֖יִן</span> <span class="translit">(ya·yin)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3196.htm">Strong's 3196: </a> </span><span class="str2">Wine, intoxication</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/5-11.htm">Isaiah 5:11 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/5-11.htm">Isaiah 5:11 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/5-11.htm">Isaiah 5:11 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/5-11.htm">Isaiah 5:11 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/5-11.htm">Isaiah 5:11 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/5-11.htm">Isaiah 5:11 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/5-11.htm">Isaiah 5:11 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/5-11.htm">Isaiah 5:11 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/5-11.htm">Isaiah 5:11 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/5-11.htm">Isaiah 5:11 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/5-11.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 5:11 Woe to those who rise up early (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/5-10.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 5:10"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 5:10" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/5-12.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 5:12"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 5:12" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>