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Isaiah 28:7-8

Context

28:7 Even these men 1  stagger because of wine,

they stumble around because of beer –

priests and prophets stagger because of beer,

they are confused 2  because of wine,

they stumble around because of beer;

they stagger while seeing prophetic visions, 3 

they totter while making legal decisions. 4 

28:8 Indeed, all the tables are covered with vomit;

no place is untouched. 5 

Proverbs 20:1

Context

20:1 Wine 6  is a mocker 7  and strong drink is a brawler;

whoever goes astray by them is not wise. 8 

Proverbs 23:32

Context

23:32 Afterward 9  it bites like a snake,

and stings like a viper.

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[28:7]  1 tn Heb “these.” The demonstrative pronoun anticipates “priests and prophets” two lines later.

[28:7]  2 tn According to HALOT 135 s.v. III בלע, the verb form is derived from בָּלַע (bala’, “confuse”), not the more common בָּלַע (“swallow”). See earlier notes at 3:12 and 9:16.

[28:7]  3 tn Heb “in the seeing.”

[28:7]  4 tn Heb “[in] giving a decision.”

[28:8]  5 tn Heb “vomit, without a place.” For the meaning of the phrase בְּלִי מָקוֹם (bÿli maqom, “without a place”), see HALOT 133 s.v. בְּלִי.

[20:1]  6 sn The drinks are wine and barley beer (e.g., Lev 10:9; Deut 14:26; Isa 28:7). These terms here could be understood as personifications, but better as metonymies for those who drink wine and beer. The inebriated person mocks and brawls.

[20:1]  7 tn The two participles לֵץ (lets, “mocker”) and הֹמֶה (homeh, “brawler”) are substantives; they function as predicates in the sentence. Excessive use of intoxicants excites the drinker to boisterous behavior and aggressive attitudes – it turns them into mockers and brawlers.

[20:1]  8 sn The proverb does not prohibit the use of wine or beer; in fact, strong drink was used at festivals and celebrations. But intoxication was considered out of bounds for a member of the covenant community (e.g., 23:20-21, 29-35; 31:4-7). To be led astray by their use is not wise.

[23:32]  9 tn Heb “its end”; NASB “At the last”; TEV (interpretively) “The next morning.”



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