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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!
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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 to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle 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 beauty, 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?{HR}Who hath contentions? Who hath complaining?{HR}Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?
 30They that tarry long at the wine;{HR}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,{HR}And thy princes eat in the morning!
 17Happy art thou, O land,{HR}When thy king is the son of nobles,{HR}And thy princes eat in due season,{HR}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 have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.
 6For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire. (Hos. 7:5‑6)
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Hab. 2:15• 15Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, 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 weighed down with surfeiting and drunkenness and cares of life, and that day come upon you suddenly unawares, (Luke 21:34)
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Rom. 13:13• 13As in daylight, let us walk becomingly, not in revels and drunkenness, not in chambering and indecency, not in strife and envy; (Rom. 13:13)
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1 Cor. 6:10• 10nor rapacious, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit God's kingdom. (1 Cor. 6:10)
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Gal. 5:21• 21envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revels, and things like these, as to which I forewarn you, even as also I forewarned, 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, let us not sleep as [do] the rest, but let us watch and be sober.
 7For they that sleep sleep by night, and they that are drunk 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 swallowed up of wine, they are gone astray through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble [in] judgment.
 8For all tables are full of vomit [and] filthiness [so that there is] no place. (Isa. 28:7‑8)
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Prov. 20:1• 1Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler:{HR}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,{HR}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!

W. Kelly Translation

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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!