29 Who has (A)woe? Who has sorrow?
Who has contentions? Who has complaining?
Who has wounds without cause?
Who has redness of eyes?
30 Those who (B)linger long over wine,
Those who go to [a]taste (C)mixed wine.

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  1. Proverbs 23:30 Or search out

16 Woe to you, O land, whose (A)king is a lad and whose princes [a]feast in the morning. 17 Blessed are you, O land, whose king is of nobility and whose princes eat at the appropriate time—for strength and not for (B)drunkenness.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 10:16 Lit eat

22 (A)Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine
And valiant men in mixing strong drink,

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13 Instead, there is (A)gaiety and gladness,
Killing of cattle and slaughtering of sheep,
Eating of meat and drinking of wine:
(B)Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we may die.”

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Ephraim’s Captivity Predicted

28 Woe to the proud crown of the (A)drunkards of (B)Ephraim,
And to the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
Which is at the head of the [a]fertile valley
Of those who are [b]overcome with wine!

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  1. Isaiah 28:1 Lit valley of fatness
  2. Isaiah 28:1 Lit smitten

The proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim is (A)trodden under foot.

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And these also (A)reel with wine and stagger from strong drink:
(B)The priest and (C)the prophet reel with strong drink,
They are confused by wine, they stagger from (D)strong drink;
They reel while [a]having (E)visions,
They totter when rendering judgment.
For all the tables are full of filthy (F)vomit, without a single clean place.

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  1. Isaiah 28:7 Lit seeing