Isaiah 5:11

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

Isaiah 5:11 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 5:11

Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning
To rise up early in the morning is healthful, and to rise to do business is commendable; but to spend the day in drunkenness and intemperance is very criminal, which is here meant: [that] they may follow, strong drink;
not only drink it, but follow on to drink; diligently seek after it, where the best is to be had; go from house to house till they have found it; closely follow the drinking of it, till inebriated with it: that continue until night;
at their pots, with their drinking companions, even all the day till night comes, the twilight either of the evening or of the morning: [till] wine inflame them;
their bodies with heat, and their souls with lust.

Isaiah 5:11 In-Context

9 In mine ears said the LORD of hosts: "In truth many houses shall be desolate, even the great and fair, without inhabitant.

10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield but one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield but an ephah."

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

12 And the harp and the viol, and the taboret and pipe, and wine are in their feasts; but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of His hands.

13 Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge; and their honorable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.