<p class="poetry">His eyes will be dark from wine,p> <p class="poetry">and his teeth white from milk.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Their wine is snakes&#8217; poison,p> <p class="poetry">the deadly venom of cobras.p>

<p class="poetry">But then the Lord awoke from his sleep;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he was like a warrior in a drunken rage.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Come, eat<n id="1" /> some of my food,p> <p class="poetry">and drink some of the wine I have mixed.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Those who linger over wine,p> <p class="poetry">those who go looking for mixed wine.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Give strong drink to the one who is perishing,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and wine to those who are bitterly distressed;<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Old and new winep> <p class="poetry">take away the understanding of my people.<n id="1" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was brought to me,<n id="1" /> I took the wine and gave it to the king. Previously<n id="2" /> I had not been depressed<n id="3" /> in the king&#8217;s presence.<n id="4" />

Then I set cups and pitchers full of wine in front of the members of the Rechabite community and said to them, &#8220;Have some wine.&#8221;<n id="1" />

When he drank some of the wine, he got drunk and uncovered himself<n id="1" /> inside his tent.

and for a drink offering you must offer one-third of a hin of wine as a pleasing aroma to the <sc>Lordsc>.

<p class="poetry">Inside I am like wine which has no outlet,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">like new wineskins<n id="2" /> ready to burst!p>

<p class="poetry">You have made your people experience hard times;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you have made us drink intoxicating wine.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For they eat bread<n id="1" /> gained from wickedness<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and drink wine obtained from violence.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">She has prepared her meat,<n id="1" /> she has mixed her wine;p> <p class="poetry">she also has arranged her table.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not spend time<n id="1" /> among drunkards,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">among those who eat too much<n id="3" /> meat,p>

<t /><p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Beloved to Her Lover:i>b><n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Oh, how I wish you<n id="2" /> would kiss me passionately!<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">For your lovemaking<n id="4" /> is more delightful<n id="5" /> than wine.<n id="6" />p>

<t /><p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Beloved about Her Lover:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">He brought me<n id="1" /> into the banquet hall,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and he looked<n id="3" /> at me lovingly.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Those who are champions<n id="1" /> at drinking wine are as good as dead,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">who display great courage when mixing strong drinks.p>

<p class="poetry">They no longer sing and drink wine;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the beer tastes bitter to those who drink it.p>