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29 Who are the people who are always crying the blues? Who do you know who reeks of self-pity? Who keeps getting beat up for no reason at all? Whose eyes are bleary and bloodshot?
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29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
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30 It's those who spend the night with a bottle, for whom drinking is serious business.
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30 Those who linger over wine, who go to sample bowls of mixed wine.
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31 Don't judge wine by its label, or its bouquet, or its full-bodied flavor.
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31 Do not gaze at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly!
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32 Judge it rather by the hangover it leaves you with - the splitting headache, the queasy stomach.
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32 In the end it bites like a snake and poisons like a viper.
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33 Do you really prefer seeing double, with your speech all slurred,
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33 Your eyes will see strange sights and your mind imagine confusing things.
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34 Reeling and seasick, drunk as a sailor?
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34 You will be like one sleeping on the high seas, lying on top of the rigging.
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35 "They hit me," you'll say, "but it didn't hurt; they beat on me, but I didn't feel a thing. When I'm sober enough to manage it, bring me another drink!"
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35 "They hit me," you will say, "but I'm not hurt! They beat me, but I don't feel it! When will I wake up so I can find another drink?"
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| Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved. (The Message Bible Online) |
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