¹⁶ Woe to the land whose king was a servant^[a](A)
    and whose princes feast in the morning.
¹⁷ Blessed is the land whose king is of noble birth
    and whose princes eat at a proper time—
    for strength and not for drunkenness.^(B)

²² Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine^(A)
    and champions at mixing drinks,^(B)

¹³ But see, there is joy and revelry,^(A)
    slaughtering of cattle and killing of sheep,
    eating of meat and drinking of wine!^(B)
“Let us eat and drink,” you say,
    “for tomorrow we die!”^(C)

⁷ And these also stagger^(A) from wine^(B)
    and reel^(C) from beer:
Priests^(D) and prophets^(E) stagger from beer
    and are befuddled with wine;
they reel from beer,
    they stagger when seeing visions,^(F)
    they stumble when rendering decisions.
⁸ All the tables are covered with vomit^(G)
    and there is not a spot without filth.