11 ¶ Woe unto them, that [a]rise up early to follow drunkenness, and to them that continue until [b]night, till the wine do inflame them,

12 And the harp and viol, timbrel and pipe, and wine are in their feasts: but they regard not the [c]work of the Lord, neither consider the work of his hands.

13 Therefore my people [d]is gone into captivity, because they had [e]no knowledge, and the glory thereof are men famished, and the multitude thereof is dried up with thirst.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 5:11 That spare no pain nor diligence to follow their lusts.
  2. Isaiah 5:11 Which are never weary of their rioting and excessive pleasures, but use all means to provoke to the same.
  3. Isaiah 5:12 They regard not the provident care of God over them, nor for what end he hath created them.
  4. Isaiah 5:13 That is, shall certainly go: for so the Prophets use to speak, as though the thing which shall come to pass, were done already.
  5. Isaiah 5:13 Because they would not obey the word of God.

11 Woe(A) 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.(B)
12 They have harps and lyres at their banquets,
    pipes(C) and timbrels(D) and wine,
but they have no regard(E) for the deeds of the Lord,
    no respect for the work of his hands.(F)
13 Therefore my people will go into exile(G)
    for lack of understanding;(H)
those of high rank(I) will die of hunger
    and the common people will be parched with thirst.(J)

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