Isaiah 5:11

American Standard Version

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!

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Isaiah 5:11 in other translations

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!

Isaiah 5:11 · World English Bible

Isaiah 5:11 in context

  1. 9In mine ears saith Jehovah of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
  2. 10For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield but an ephah.
  3. 11Woe 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!
  4. 12And the harp and the lute, the tabret and the pipe, and wine, are in their feasts; but they regard not the work of Jehovah, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.
  5. 13Therefore my people are gone into captivity for lack of knowledge; and their honorable men are famished, and their multitude are parched with thirst.