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Isaiah 5

Isa. 5:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Woe
howy (Hebrew #1945)
oh!
KJV usage: ah, alas, ho, O, woe.
Pronounce: hoh'ee
Origin: a prolonged form of 1930 (akin to 188)
unto them that rise up early
shakam (Hebrew #7925)
properly, to incline (the shoulder to a burden); but used only as denominative from 7926; literally, to load up (on the back of man or beast), i.e. to start early in the morning
KJV usage: (arise, be up, get (oneself) up, rise up) early (betimes), morning.
Pronounce: shaw-kam'
Origin: a primitive root
in the morning
boqer (Hebrew #1242)
properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning
KJV usage: (+) day, early, morning, morrow.
Pronounce: bo'-ker
Origin: from 1239
, that they may follow
radaph (Hebrew #7291)
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
KJV usage: chase, put to flight, follow (after, on), hunt, (be under) persecute(-ion, -or), pursue(-r).
Pronounce: raw-daf'
Origin: a primitive root
strong drink
shekar (Hebrew #7941)
an intoxicant, i.e. intensely alcoholic liquor
KJV usage: strong drink, + drunkard, strong wine.
Pronounce: shay-kawr'
Origin: from 7937
; that continue
'achar (Hebrew #309)
to loiter (i.e. be behind); by implication to procrastinate
KJV usage: continue, defer, delay, hinder, be late (slack), stay (there), tarry (longer).
Pronounce: aw-khar'
Origin: a primitive root
until night
nesheph (Hebrew #5399)
properly, a breeze, i.e. (by implication) dusk (when the evening breeze prevails)
KJV usage: dark, dawning of the day (morning), night, twilight.
Pronounce: neh'-shef
Origin: from 5398
, till wine
yayin (Hebrew #3196)
wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
KJV usage: banqueting, wine, wine(-bibber).
Pronounce: yah'-yin
Origin: from an unused root meaning to effervesce
θinflame
dalaq (Hebrew #1814)
to flame (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: burning, chase, inflame, kindle, persecute(-or), pursue hotly.
Pronounce: daw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root
them!
θ
or, pursue them.

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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Isa. 5:22• 22Woe unto them that are mighty for drinking wine, and men valiant to mix strong drink; (Isa. 5:22)
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Isa. 28:1• 1Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious adornment, which is on the head of the fat valley of them that are overcome with wine. (Isa. 28:1)
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Prov. 23:29‑30• 29Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow? Who contentions? Who complaining? Who wounds without cause? Who redness of eyes?
 30--They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to try mixed wine. (Prov. 23:29‑30)
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Eccl. 10:16‑17• 16Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
 17Happy art thou, O land, when thy king is a son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness! (Eccl. 10:16‑17)
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Hos. 7:5‑6• 5In the day of our king, the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine: he stretched out his hand to scorners.
 6For they have applied their heart like an oven to their lying in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth like a flaming fire. (Hos. 7:5‑6)
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Hab. 2:15• 15Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink,--that pourest out thy flask, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness! (Hab. 2:15)
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Luke 21:34• 34But take heed to yourselves lest possibly your hearts be laden with surfeiting and drinking and cares of life, and that day come upon you suddenly unawares; (Luke 21:34)
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Rom. 13:13• 13As in the day, let us walk becomingly; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and lasciviousness, not in strife and emulation. (Rom. 13:13)
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1 Cor. 6:10• 10nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor abusive persons, nor the rapacious, shall inherit the kingdom of God. (1 Cor. 6:10)
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Gal. 5:21• 21envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revels, and things like these; as to which I tell you beforehand, even as I also have said before, that they who do such things shall not inherit God's kingdom. (Gal. 5:21)
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1 Thess. 5:6‑7• 6So then do not let us sleep as the rest do, but let us watch and be sober;
 7for they that sleep sleep by night, and they that drink drink by night; (1 Thess. 5:6‑7)
inflame.
or, pursue.
Isa. 28:7‑8• 7But these also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are they gone astray. The priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink; they are overpowered by wine, they are gone astray through strong drink; they have erred in vision, they have stumbled in judgment.
 8For all tables are full of filthy vomit, so that there is no more place. (Isa. 28:7‑8)
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Prov. 20:1• 1Wine is a scorner, strong drink is raging; and whoso erreth thereby is not wise. (Prov. 20:1)
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Prov. 23:32• 32at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. (Prov. 23:32)
• {v.11-17} The second woe is against the drunkard and pleasure seeker. The judgment awaiting them is described down to verse 17. We may observe that similar catastrophe ever follows a people given over to pleasure and debauchery. The great Roman Empire did it in her later years, and then crashed. (“Isaiah 5” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Woe unto them that, rising early in the morning, run after strong drink; that linger till twilight, till wine inflameth them!