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Isaiah 5:11

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Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink, who stay late into the night, until wine inflames them!

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Verse 11. To follow. Hebrew “for shecar,” ( Calmet.) palm wine, (Theod.) or any inebriating liquor. Saint Jerome in Calmet. xxviii. Our version is conformable to Aquila and Sym. Bible.—Numbers 6:3. Eccle. 10:16.

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