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20 Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler,
    and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.(A)

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20 Wine(A) is a mocker(B) and beer a brawler;
    whoever is led astray(C) by them is not wise.(D)

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10 Israel’s[a] sentinels are blind;
    they are all without knowledge;
they are all silent dogs
    that cannot bark,
dreaming, lying down,
    loving to slumber.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 56.10 Heb His

10 Israel’s watchmen(A) are blind,
    they all lack knowledge;(B)
they are all mute dogs,
    they cannot bark;
they lie around and dream,
    they love to sleep.(C)

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12 “Come,” they say, “let us[a] get wine;
    let us fill ourselves with strong drink.
And tomorrow will be like today,
    great beyond measure.”

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  1. 56.12 Q ms Syr Vg Tg: MT me

12 “Come,” each one cries, “let me get wine!(A)
    Let us drink our fill of beer!
And tomorrow will be like today,
    or even far better.”(B)

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11     prostitution.

The Idolatry of Israel

Wine and new wine
    take away the understanding.(A)

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     11 to prostitution;(A)
old wine(B) and new wine
    take away their understanding.(C)

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