20 Do not be with (A)heavy drinkers of wine,
Or with (B)gluttonous eaters of meat;

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20 Do not join those who drink too much wine(A)
    or gorge themselves on meat,

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20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

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11 Woe to those who rise early in the morning so that they may pursue (A)intoxicating drink,
Who stay up late in the evening so that wine may inflame them!

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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)

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11 Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!

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12 “Come,” they say, “[a]let’s get (A)wine, and let’s drink heavily of intoxicating drink;
And (B)tomorrow will be like today, only more so.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 56:12 As in DSS and some ancient versions; MT I will

12 “Come,” each one cries, “let me get wine!(A)
    Let us drink our fill of beer!
And tomorrow will be like today,
    or even far better.”(B)

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12 Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.

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15 “Woe to him who makes his neighbor drink;
[a]To you who mix in your venom even to make your neighbors drunk,
So as to look at their genitalia!

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 2:15 Another reading is From the cup of your venom

15 “Woe to him who gives drink(A) to his neighbors,
    pouring it from the wineskin till they are drunk,
    so that he can gaze on their naked bodies!

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15 Woe 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!

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