Woe to them - The prophet, having denounced “avarice,” proceeds now to another vice: that of “intemperance, or dissipation.”

That …

Woe to them that rise up early. —The same class as in Isaiah 5:8 meets us under another aspect. In Judah, as elsewhere, t…

The covetous man was intoxicated with greed. Here is a man intoxicated with strong drink. It is never too early, nor too late, for men who are carr…

Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning to follow strong drink. The Prophet does not aim at an enumeration of all the vices which …

Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning

Here is a woe to those who set their hearts on the wealth of the world. It is not that it is sinful for those who have a house and a field to purch…

1. Woe to you that rise up early in the morning to follow drunkenne . Here he denounces their fault regarding the abuse of f…