I am 80 years old! I am too old to tell which is bad and which is good. I am too old to taste the things I eat or drink. I am too old to hear any more the voices of men and women that sing. Why should you want to be bothered with me?
Isaiah 5:11 - Easy To Read Version You people rise early in the morning and go looking for beer to drink. You stay awake late at night, becoming drunk with wine. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them! Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Woe unto those who rise early in the morning, that they may pursue strong drink, who tarry late into the night till wine inflames them! American Standard Version (1901) 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! Common English Bible Doom to those who wake up early in the morning to run after beer, to those who stay up late, lit up by wine. Catholic Public Domain Version 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Woe to you that rise up early in the morning to follow drunkenness and to drink till the evening, to be inflamed with wine. |
I am 80 years old! I am too old to tell which is bad and which is good. I am too old to taste the things I eat or drink. I am too old to hear any more the voices of men and women that sing. Why should you want to be bothered with me?
Wine and beer make people lose control of themselves. They get loud and start to brag. They become drunk and do foolish things.
But look! The people are happy now. The people are rejoicing. \{The people are saying\}:
People don’t sing happy songs while they drink their wine. The beer now tastes bitter to the person drinking it.
Look at Samaria!\par The drunk people of Ephraim\par are proud of that city.\par That city sits on a hill\par with a rich valley around it.\par The people of Samaria think their city\par is a beautiful crown of flowers.\par But they are drunk with wine.\par And this “Beautiful Crown”\par is just a dying plant.\par
The drunk people of Ephraim are proud of their “Beautiful Crown.”\par But that city will be walked on.\par
Those people are famous for drinking wine. They are champions at mixing drinks.
They come and say,\par “I will drink some wine.\par I will drink some beer.\par I will do the same thing tomorrow.\par Only, I will drink even more.”\par
It will be very bad for that person that becomes angry and then makes other people suffer. In anger, that person knocks other people to the ground. And he treats those people like they are naked and drunk.
\{God said,\} “Wine can trick a person. In the same way, a strong man’s pride can fool him. But he will not find peace. He is like death—he always wants more and more. And, like death, he will never be satisfied. He will continue defeating other nations. He will continue to make those people his prisoners.
“Be careful! Don’t spend your time drinking and getting drunk. Or don’t be too busy with worldly things. If you do that, you will not be able to think right. And then the end might come when you are not ready.
We should live in a right way, like people that belong to the day. We should not have wild and wasteful parties. We should not be drunk. We should not do sexual sins or sin in any way with our bodies. We should not cause arguments and trouble or be jealous.
having envy, being drunk, having wild and wasteful parties, and doing other things like this. I warn you now like I warned you before: The people who do these things will not be in God’s kingdom.
Abigail went back to Nabal. Nabal was in the house. Nabal had been eating like a king. Nabal was drunk and feeling good. So Abigail told Nabal nothing until the next morning.