Overcome with Wine
Isaiah 28:1-6
Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower…


Literally, "struck down." Hard drinking is compared to a combat between the toper and his drink, in which the latter is victorious.

(Prof. J. Skinner, D. D.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!

WEB: Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fertile valley of those who are overcome with wine!




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