11Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? …
Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-17)The world and the flesh are the two great enemies that we are in danger of being overpowered by; yet we are in no danger if we do not ourselves yield to them. Eagerness of the world, and indulgence of the flesh, are the two sins against which the prophet, in God’s name, here denounces woes. These were sins which then abounded among the men of Judah, some of the wild grapes they brought forth (Isa.…
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