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Hosea 4:11

Good News Translation

The Lord says, “Wine, both old and new, is robbing my people of their senses!

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Drinking too much makes you loud and foolish. It's stupid to get drunk.

Listen, Lemuel. Kings should not drink wine or have a craving for alcohol.

But a man who commits adultery doesn't have any sense. He is just destroying himself.

You may be wise, but if you cheat someone, you are acting like a fool. If you take a bribe, you ruin your character.

Even the prophets and the priests are so drunk that they stagger. They have drunk so much wine and liquor that they stumble in confusion. The prophets are too drunk to understand the visions that God sends, and the priests are too drunk to decide the cases that are brought to them.

At your feasts you have harps and tambourines and flutes—and wine. But you don't understand what the Lord is doing,

I have seen the sin of Samaria's prophets: they have spoken in the name of Baal and have led my people astray.

They ask for revelations from a piece of wood! A stick tells them what they want to know! They have left me. Like a woman who becomes a prostitute, they have given themselves to other gods.

The evil that the people have done keeps them from returning to their God. Idolatry has a powerful hold on them, and they do not acknowledge the Lord.

Israel flits around like a silly pigeon; first her people call on Egypt for help, and then they run to Assyria!

“You and your sons are not to enter the Tent of my presence after drinking wine or beer; if you do, you will die. This is a law to be kept by all your descendants.

“Be careful not to let yourselves become occupied with too much feasting and drinking and with the worries of this life, or that Day may suddenly catch you

Abigail went back to Nabal, who was at home having a feast fit for a king. He was drunk and in a good mood, so she did not tell him anything until the next morning.




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