Isaiah 5:11

5:11 Those who get up early to drink beer are as good as dead, ¹ 

those who keep drinking long after dark

until they are intoxicated with wine. ² 

Isaiah 37:36

37:36 The Lord’s messenger ³  went out and killed 185,000 troops ⁴  in the Assyrian camp. When they ⁵  got up early the next morning, there were all the corpses! ⁶ 

[5:11]  ¹ tn Heb “Woe [to] those who arise early in the morning, [who] chase beer.”

[5:11]  ² tn Heb “[who] delay until dark, [until] wine enflames them.”

[37:36]  ³ tn Traditionally, “the angel of the Lord” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).

[37:36]  ⁴ tn The word “troops” is supplied in the translation for smoothness and clarity.

[37:36]  ⁵ tn This refers to the Israelites and/or the rest of the Assyrian army.

[37:36]  ⁶ tn Heb “look, all of them were dead bodies”; NLT “they found corpses everywhere.”