Isaiah 5:11

Isaiah 5:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
• New International Version (NIV)Woe to those who rise early in the morning to run after their drinks, who stay up late at night till they are inflamed with wine.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Woe to those who rise early in the morning, that they may run after strong drink, who tarry late into the evening as wine inflames them!
• New King James Version (NKJV)Woe to those who rise early in the morning, That they may follow intoxicating drink; Who continue until night, till wine inflames them!

Context of Isaiah 5:11

9In mine ears said Yhwh of Armies, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. 10Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah. Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them! 12And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of Yhwh, neither consider the operation of his hands. 13Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.

Isaiah 5:11 word by word

ה֛וֹי מַשְׁכִּימֵ֥י בַבֹּ֖קֶר שֵׁכָ֣ר יִרְדֹּ֑פוּ מְאַחֲרֵ֣י בַנֶּ֔שֶׁף יַ֖יִן יַדְלִיקֵֽם׃Read the interlinear

• Woeהוֹיhôy · woe!H1945
• unto them that rise up earlyשָׁכַםshâkam · to riseH7925
• in the morningבֹּ֫קֶרbôqer · morningH1242
• they may followרָדַףrâdaph · to pursueH7291
• strong drinkשֵׁכָרshêkâr · strong drinkH7941
• that continueאָחַר'âchar · to delayH309
• until nightנֶ֫שֶׁףnesheph · twilightH5399
• wineיַ֫יִןyayin · wineH3196
• inflameדָּלַקdâlaq · to burn/pursueH1814

Cross-references for Isaiah 5:11

• Isaiah 5:22Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
• Isaiah 28:1Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!
• Proverbs 23:29Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
• Ecclesiastes 10:16Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
• Hosea 7:5In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with the poison of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.
• Habakkuk 2:15Woe 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!
• Luke 21:34And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
• Romans 13:13Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
• 1 Corinthians 6:10Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
• Galatians 5:21Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:6Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
• Isaiah 28:7But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
• Proverbs 20:1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
• Proverbs 23:32At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

Commentaries on Isaiah 5:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Wo unto them that rise up early - There is a likeness between this and the following passage of the prophet Amos, Amos 6:3-6, who probably wrote before Isaiah. If the latter be the copier, he seems hardly to have equalled the elegance of the original: - "Ye that put far away the evil day And affect the seat of violence; Who lie upon beds of ivory, And stretch yourselves upon your couches; And eat the lambs from the flock, And calves from the midst of the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Wo unto them - The prophet, having denounced “avarice,” proceeds now to another vice - that of “intemperance, or dissipation.” That rise up early … - That rise “for this purpose,” when nothing else would rouse them. It may illustrate this somewhat, to remark, that it was not common among the ancients to become intoxicated at an early hour of the day; see the note at Acts 2:15; compare 1 Thessalonians 5:7. It indicated then, as it does now, a confirmed and…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-23Verses 8-23 Here is a woe to those who set their hearts on the wealth of the world. Not that it is sinful for those who have a house and a field to purchase another; but the fault is, that they never know when they have enough. Covetousness is idolatry; and while many envy the prosperous, wretched man, the Lord denounces awful woes upon him. How applicable to many among us! God has many ways to empty the most populous cities. Those who set their hearts…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-17Woe: The second threat of judgment concerns indulgent lifestyles (lives centered on pleasure and excess). The language in this section shows a life of moral corruption. The people live for pleasure while ignoring justice and righteousness.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. Second Woe--against intemperance. early--when it was regarded especially shameful to drink (Ac 2:15; 1Th 5:7). Banquets for revelry began earlier than usual (Ec 10:16, 17). strong drink--Hebrew, sichar, implying intoxication. continue--drinking all day till evening.Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 5:11

• Amusements and Worldly Pleasures
• Drunkenness
• Happiness
• Isaiah
• Pleasure
• Rising
• Wicked (People)
• Wine

In the dictionaries

• strong drink
• Cast
• Cord
• Cry
• Drink, strong
• Dry
• Ensign
• Join
• Lay
• Mighty

Commentaries on Isaiah 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings