Isaiah 56:12

56:12 Each one says, ¹ 

‘Come on, I’ll get some wine!

Let’s guzzle some beer!

Tomorrow will be just like today!

We’ll have everything we want!’ ² 

Isaiah 22:13

22:13 But look, there is outright celebration! ³ 

You say, “Kill the ox and slaughter the sheep,

eat meat and drink wine.

Eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!” ⁴ 

[56:12]  ¹ tn The words “each one says” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[56:12]  ² tn Heb “great, [in] abundance, very much,” i.e., “very great indeed.” See HALOT 452 s.v. יֶתֶר.

[22:13]  ³ tn Heb “happiness and joy.”

[22:13]  ⁴ tn The prophet here quotes what the fatalistic people are saying. The introductory “you say” is supplied in the translation for clarification; the concluding verb “we die” makes it clear the people are speaking. The six verbs translated as imperatives are actually infinitives absolute, functioning here as finite verbs.