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. "
— Isaiah 5:11, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!”
“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! ”
“Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; who stay late into the night, until wine inflames them!”
“Beware, those who get up early to drink beer, those who keep drinking long after dark until they are intoxicated with wine.”
“Woe to you that rise up early in the morning to follow drunkenness, and to drink in the evening, to be inflamed with wine.”
“Cursed are those who get up early in the morning to give themselves up to strong drink; who keep on drinking far into the night till they are heated with wine!”
“Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!”
Woe to you who join house to house, and who combine field to field, even to the limits of the place! Do you intend to live alone in the midst of the earth?
These things are in my ears, says the Lord of hosts. Otherwise, many houses, great and beautiful, will become desolate, without an inhabitant.
Then ten acres of vineyard will produce one small bottle of wine, and thirty measures of seed will produce three measures of grain.
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.
Harp and lyre and timbrel and pipe, as well as wine, are at your feasts. But you do not respect the work of the Lord, nor do you consider the works of his hands.
Because of this, my people have been led away as captives, for they did not have knowledge, and their nobles have passed away from famine, and their multitudes have dried up from thirst.
For this reason, Hell has expanded its soul, and has opened its mouth without any limits. And their strong ones, and their people, and their exalted and glorious ones will descend into it.