“Yet the grapevine said to them, ‘Should I stop making my fresh wine, which cheers God and men, to go and sway over the trees?’
and wine that makes glad the heart of man, oil to make his face shine, and bread which strengthens man’s heart.
Give strong drink to him who is perishing, and wine to those who are bitter in soul;
A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes merry, but money resolves everything.
I investigated how to cheer up my body with wine, while my heart was still guiding me with wisdom, in order to grasp folly, until I might experience what is good for people to do under heaven during the number of days that they might have life.
You will bring as a drink offering one-half a hin of wine, as a fire offering, as a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
One-fourth of a hin of wine as a drink offering you will prepare with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for each lamb.
As a drink offering you will offer one-third of a hin of wine, as a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
“So the trees said to the grapevine, ‘You come and rule over us.’
“So the trees said to the thorn bush, ‘You come and rule over us.’