Verse 22
Isaiah 5:22
Bible in Basic English
22
Cursed are those who are strong to take wine, and great in making mixed drinks!
Original Language Text
hebrew
ה֕וֹי גִּבּוֹרִ֖ים לִ/שְׁתּ֣וֹת יָ֑יִן וְ/אַנְשֵׁי חַ֖יִל לִ/מְסֹ֥ךְ שֵׁכָֽר
English Translation
Woe to the mighty, to drink wine, and to men of strength, to mix strong drink.
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Chapter 5 Context
1
Let me make a song about my loved one, a song of love for his vine-garden. My loved one had a vine-g...
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And after working the earth of it with a spade, he took away its stones, and put in it a very specia...
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And now, you people of Jerusalem and you men of Judah, be the judges between me and my vine-garden.
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4
Is there anything which might have been done for my vine-garden which I have not done? why then, whe...
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And now, this is what I will do to my vine-garden: I will take away the circle of thorns round it, a...
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And I will make it waste; its branches will not be touched with the knife, or the earth worked with...
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For the vine-garden of the Lord of armies is the people of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plan...
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8
Cursed are those who are joining house to house, and putting field to field, till there is no more l...
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9
The Lord of armies has said to me secretly, Truly, numbers of great and fair houses will be waste, w...
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10
For ten fields of vines will only give one measure of wine, and a great amount of seed will only giv...
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11
Cursed are those who get up early in the morning to give themselves up to strong drink; who keep on...
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12
And corded instruments and wind-instruments and wine are in their feasts: but they give no thought t...
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13
For this cause my people are taken away as prisoners into strange countries for need of knowledge: a...
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14
For this cause the underworld has made wide its throat, opening its mouth without limit: and her glo...
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15
And the poor man's head is bent, and the great man goes down on his face, and the eyes of pride are...
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16
But the Lord of armies is lifted up as judge, and the Holy God (Elohim) is seen to be holy in righte...
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17
Then the lambs will get food as in their grass-lands, and the fat cattle will be feasting in the was...
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18
Cursed are those who make use of ox-cords for pulling the evil thing, and the bands of a young ox fo...
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19
Who say, Let him do his work quickly, let him make it sudden, so that we may see it: let the design...
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20
Cursed are those who give the name of good to evil, and of evil to what is good: who make light dark...
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21
Cursed are those who seem wise to themselves, and who take pride in their knowledge!
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22
Cursed are those who are strong to take wine, and great in making mixed drinks!
23
Who for a reward give support to the cause of the sinner, and who take away the righteousness of the...
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24
For this cause, as the waste of the grain is burned up by tongues of fire, and as the dry grass goes...
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25
For this reason the wrath of the Lord has been burning against his people, and his hand has been str...
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26
And he will let a flag be lifted up as a sign to a far-off nation, whistling to them from the ends o...
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There is no weariness among them, and no man is feeble-footed: they come without resting or sleeping...
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28
Their arrows are sharp, and every bow is bent: the feet of their horses are like rock, and their whe...
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The sound of their armies will be like the voice of a lion, and their war-cry like the noise of youn...
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And his voice will be loud over him in that day like the sounding of the sea: and if a man's eyes ar...
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