Isaiah 29:9

American Standard Version (1901)

Tarry ye and wonder; take your pleasure and be blind: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.

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  • Isa 51:21-22 : 21 Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but now with wine: 22 Thus saith thy Lord Jehovah, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thy hand the cup of staggering, even the bowl of the cup of my wrath; thou shalt no more drink it again:
  • Isa 19:14 : 14 Jehovah hath mingled a spirit of perverseness in the midst of her; and they have caused Egypt to go astray in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.
  • Isa 33:13-14 : 13 Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge my might. 14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling hath seized the godless ones: Who among us can dwell with the devouring fire? who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings?
  • Isa 49:26 : 26 And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I, Jehovah, am thy Saviour, and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
  • Isa 51:17 : 17 Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, that hast drunk at the hand of Jehovah the cup of his wrath; thou hast drunken the bowl of the cup of staggering, and drained it.
  • Isa 1:2 : 2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for Jehovah hath spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
  • Isa 22:12-13 : 12 And in that day did the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth: 13 and behold, joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine: let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we shall die.
  • Isa 28:7-8 : 7 And even these reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they stagger with strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment. 8 For all tables are full of vomit [and] filthiness, [so that there is] no place [clean] .
  • Isa 29:10 : 10 For Jehovah hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes, the prophets; and your heads, the seers, hath he covered.
  • Jer 2:12 : 12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith Jehovah.
  • Jer 23:9 : 9 Concerning the prophets. My heart within me is broken, all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of Jehovah, and because of his holy words.
  • Jer 25:27 : 27 And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Drink ye, and be drunken, and spew, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.
  • Jer 51:7 : 7 Babylon hath been a golden cup in Jehovah's hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunk of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.
  • Lam 4:21 : 21 Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz: The cup shall pass through unto thee also; thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.
  • Hab 1:5 : 5 Behold ye among the nations, and look, and wonder marvellously; for I am working a work in your days, which ye will not believe though it be told you.
  • Matt 26:45 : 45 Then cometh he to the disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
  • Mark 14:41 : 41 And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough; the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
  • Acts 13:40-41 : 40 Beware therefore, lest that come upon [you] which is spoken in the prophets: 41 Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish; For I work a work in your days, A work which ye shall in no wise believe, if one declare it unto you.
  • Rev 17:6 : 6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I wondered with a great wonder.

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  • Joel 1:5
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    5Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and wail, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.

  • Isa 29:10
    78%

    10For Jehovah hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes, the prophets; and your heads, the seers, hath he covered.

  • Isa 24:9
    78%

    9They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.

  • Isa 51:20-22
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    78%

    20Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as an antelope in a net; they are full of the wrath of Jehovah, the rebuke of thy God.

    21Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but now with wine:

    22Thus saith thy Lord Jehovah, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thy hand the cup of staggering, even the bowl of the cup of my wrath; thou shalt no more drink it again:

  • Isa 28:7
    77%

    7And even these reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they stagger with strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

  • Ps 107:27
    76%

    27They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at their wits' end.

  • Jer 13:12-13
    2 verses
    75%

    12Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word: Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every [ bottle shall be filled with wine?

    13Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.

  • Obad 1:16
    75%

    16For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the nations drink continually; yea, they shall drink, and swallow down, and shall be as though they had not been.

  • Job 12:25
    75%

    25They grope in the dark without light; And he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.

  • Isa 29:8
    75%

    8And it shall be as when a hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.

  • Jer 25:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    15For thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, unto me: take this cup of the wine of wrath at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.

    16And they shall drink, and reel to and fro, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.

  • Jer 25:26-28
    3 verses
    74%

    26and all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another; and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.

    27And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Drink ye, and be drunken, and spew, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.

    28And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thy hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Ye shall surely drink.

  • Isa 5:22
    74%

    22Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink;

  • Nah 3:11
    74%

    11Thou also shalt be drunken; thou shalt be hid; thou also shalt seek a stronghold because of the enemy.

  • Isa 51:17
    74%

    17Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, that hast drunk at the hand of Jehovah the cup of his wrath; thou hast drunken the bowl of the cup of staggering, and drained it.

  • Jer 51:39
    73%

    39When they are heated, I will make their feast, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith Jehovah.

  • Isa 5:11
    73%

    11Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that tarry late into the night, till wine inflame them!

  • Hab 2:15
    73%

    15Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, [to thee] that addest thy venom, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!

  • Isa 24:11
    73%

    11There is a crying in the streets because of the wine; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.

  • Ps 78:65
    73%

    65Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, Like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.

  • Ps 60:3
    73%

    3Thou hast showed thy people hard things: Thou hast made us to drink the wine of staggering.

  • Jer 51:7
    73%

    7Babylon hath been a golden cup in Jehovah's hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunk of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.

  • Prov 31:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5Lest they drink, and forget the law, And pervert the justice [due] to any that is afflicted.

    6Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, And wine unto the bitter in soul:

  • Prov 20:1
    72%

    1Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.

  • Isa 56:12
    72%

    12Come ye, [say they], I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to-morrow shall be as this day, [a day] great beyond measure.

  • Jer 51:57
    72%

    57And I will make drunk her princes and her wise men, her governors and her deputies, and her mighty men; and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts.

  • Nah 1:10
    72%

    10For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their drink, they are consumed utterly as dry stubble.

  • Isa 28:1
    72%

    1Woe 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 fat valley of them that are overcome with wine!

  • Isa 24:7
    72%

    7The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merry-hearted do sigh.

  • 1 Thess 5:7
    72%

    7For they that sleep sleep in the night: and they that are drunken are drunken in the night.

  • Prov 23:30-31
    2 verses
    71%

    30They that tarry long at the wine; They that go to seek out mixed wine.

    31Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, When it sparkleth in the cup, When it goeth down smoothly:

  • Ezek 23:33
    71%

    33Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria.

  • Mic 2:11
    71%

    11If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood do lie, [saying], I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.

  • Isa 24:20
    71%

    20The earth shall stagger like a drunken man, and shall sway to and fro like a hammock; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it, and it shall fall, and not rise again.

  • Jer 23:9
    71%

    9Concerning the prophets. My heart within me is broken, all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of Jehovah, and because of his holy words.

  • Hos 9:2
    71%

    2The threshing-floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail her.

  • Amos 8:13
    71%

    13In that day shall the fair virgins and the young men faint for thirst.

  • Job 24:11
    70%

    11They make oil within the walls of these men; They tread [their] winepresses, and suffer thirst.

  • Isa 28:3
    70%

    3The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under foot:

  • Hos 4:11
    70%

    11Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the understanding.

  • 2 Chr 29:8
    70%

    8Wherefore the wrath of Jehovah was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to be tossed to and fro, to be an astonishment, and a hissing, as ye see with your eyes.

  • Zech 9:15
    70%

    15Jehovah of hosts will defend them; and they shall devour, and shall tread down the sling-stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, like the corners of the altar.