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" />

<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">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>

<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>

Come, let&#8217;s make our father drunk with wine<n id="1" /> so we can have sexual relations<n id="2" /> with him and preserve<n id="3" /> our family line through our father.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">who ate the best of their sacrifices,p> <p class="poetry">and drank the wine of their drink offerings?p> <p class="poetry">Let them rise and help you;p> <p class="poetry">let them be your refuge!p>

Now be careful! Do not drink wine or beer, and do not eat any food that will make you ritually unclean.<n id="1" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now the day<n id="2" /> came when Job&#8217;s<n id="3" /> sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother&#8217;s house,

<p class="poetry">The one who loves<n id="1" /> pleasure<n id="2" /> will be<n id="3" /> a poor person;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">whoever loves wine and anointing oil<n id="5" /> will not be rich.p>

<p class="poetry">Do not look on the wine when it is red,p> <p class="poetry">when it sparkles<n id="1" /> in the cup,p> <p class="poetry">when it goes down smoothly.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">It is not for kings,<n id="1" /> O Lemuel,p> <p class="poetry">it is not for kings to drink wine,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">or for rulers to crave strong drink,<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Those who get up early to drink beer are as good as dead,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">those who keep drinking long after darkp> <p class="poetry">until they are intoxicated with wine.<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">You will be shocked and amazed!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">You are totally blind!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">They are drunk,<n id="3" /> but not because of wine;p> <p class="poetry">they stagger,<n id="4" /> but not because of beer.p>

<p class="poetry">Each one says,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;Come on, I&#8217;ll get some wine!p> <p class="poetry">Let&#8217;s guzzle some beer!p> <p class="poetry">Tomorrow will be just like today!p> <p class="poetry">We&#8217;ll have everything we want!&#8217;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Wake up, you drunkards,<n id="1" /> and weep!p> <p class="poetry">Wail, all you wine drinkers,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">because the sweet wine<n id="3" /> has been taken away<n id="4" /> from you.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;But you made the Nazirites drink wine;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you commanded the prophets, &#8216;Do not prophesy!&#8217;p>

<p class="poetry">They drink wine from sacrificial bowls,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and pour the very best oils on themselves.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Yet they are not concerned over<n id="3" /> the ruin<n id="4" /> of Joseph.p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;So tell them,<n id="1" /> &#8216;The <sc>Lord,sc> the God of Israel, says, &#8220;Every wine jar is made to be filled with wine.&#8221;&#8217;<n id="2" /> And they will probably say to you, &#8216;Do you not think we know<n id="3" /> that every wine jar is supposed to be filled with wine?&#8217;

But they answered, &#8220;We do not drink wine because our ancestor Jonadab son of Rechab commanded us not to. He told us, &#8216;You and your children must never drink wine.