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10 An acre of vineyard will not produce a gallon of juice! Ten bushels of seed will yield a one-bushel crop!”

11 Woe to you who get up early in the morning to go on long drinking bouts that last till late at night—woe to you drunken bums. 12 You furnish lovely music at your grand parties; the orchestras are superb! But for the Lord you have no thought or care.

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10 A ten-acre vineyard will produce only a bath[a] of wine;
    a homer[b] of seed will yield only an ephah[c] of grain.”(A)

11 Woe(B) 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.(C)
12 They have harps and lyres at their banquets,
    pipes(D) and timbrels(E) and wine,
but they have no regard(F) for the deeds of the Lord,
    no respect for the work of his hands.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 5:10 That is, about 6 gallons or about 22 liters
  2. Isaiah 5:10 That is, probably about 360 pounds or about 160 kilograms
  3. Isaiah 5:10 That is, probably about 36 pounds or about 16 kilograms