Isaiah 29:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Be surprised and full of wonder; let your eyes be covered and be blind: be overcome, but not with wine; go with uncertain steps, but not because of strong drink.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 51:21-22 : 21 So now give ear to this, you who are troubled and overcome, but not with wine: 22 This is the word of the Lord your master, even your God who takes up the cause of his people: See, I have taken out of your hand the cup which overcomes, even the cup of my wrath; it will not again be given to you:
  • Isa 19:14 : 14 The Lord has sent among them a spirit of error: and by them Egypt is turned out of the right way in all her doings, as a man overcome by wine is uncertain in his steps.
  • Isa 33:13-14 : 13 Give ear, you who are far off, to what I have done: see my power, you who are near. 14 The sinners in Zion are full of fear; the haters of God are shaking with wonder. Who among us may keep his place before the burning fire? who among us may see the eternal burnings?
  • Isa 49:26 : 26 And the flesh of your attackers will be taken by themselves for food; and they will take their blood for drink, as if it was sweet wine: and all men will see that I the Lord am your saviour, even he who takes up your cause, the Strong One of Jacob.
  • Isa 51:17 : 17 Awake! awake! up! O Jerusalem, you who have taken from the Lord's hand the cup of his wrath; tasting in full measure the wine which overcomes.
  • Isa 1:2 : 2 Give ear, O heavens, and you, O earth, to the word which the Lord has said: I have taken care of my children till they became men, but their hearts have been turned away from me.
  • Isa 22:12-13 : 12 And in that day the Lord, the Lord of armies, was looking for weeping, and cries of sorrow, cutting off of the hair, and putting on the clothing of grief: 13 But in place of these there was joy and delight, oxen and sheep were being made ready for food, there was feasting and drinking: men said, Now is the time for food and wine, for tomorrow death comes.
  • Isa 28:7-8 : 7 And further, these are uncertain through wine, and have gone out of the right way through strong drink: the priest and the prophet are uncertain through strong drink, they are overcome by wine, they have gone out of the way through strong drink; their vision is false, they go wrong in their decisions. 8 For all the tables are covered with coughed-up food, so that there is not a clean place.
  • Isa 29:10 : 10 For the Lord has sent on you a spirit of deep sleep; and by him your eyes, the prophets, are shut, and your heads, the seers, are covered.
  • Jer 2:12 : 12 Be full of wonder, O heavens, at this; be overcome with fear, be completely waste, says the Lord.
  • Jer 23:9 : 9 About the prophets. My heart is broken in me, all my bones are shaking; I am like a man full of strong drink, like a man overcome by wine; because of the Lord, and because of his holy words.
  • Jer 25:27 : 27 And you are to say to them, This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Take of this cup and be overcome, and let it come out again from your lips, and from your fall you will never be lifted up again, because of the sword which I will send among you.
  • Jer 51:7 : 7 Babylon has been a gold cup in the hand of the Lord, which has made all the earth overcome with wine: the nations have taken of her wine, and for this cause the nations have gone off their heads.
  • Lam 4:21 : 21 Have joy and be glad, O daughter of Edom, living in the land of Uz: the cup will be given to you in your turn, and you will be overcome with wine and your shame will be seen.
  • Hab 1:5 : 5 See among the nations, and take note, and be full of wonder: for in your days I am doing a work in which you will have no belief, even if news of it is given to you.
  • Matt 26:45 : 45 Then he comes to the disciples; and says to them, Go on sleeping now, and take your rest: for the hour is come, and the Son of man is given into the hands of evil men.
  • Mark 14:41 : 41 And he came the third time, and said to them, Go on sleeping now and take your rest: it is enough; the hour has come; see, the Son of man is given up into the hands of evil men.
  • Acts 13:40-41 : 40 So take care that these words of the prophets do not come true for you; 41 See, you doubters, have wonder and come to your end; for I will do a thing in your days to which you will not give belief, even if it is made clear to you.
  • Rev 17:6 : 6 And I saw the woman overcome as with the wine of the blood of the saints, and the blood of those put to death because of Jesus. And when I saw her, I was overcome with a great wonder.

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    5 Come out of your sleep, you who are overcome with wine, and give yourselves to weeping; give cries of sorrow, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it has been cut off from your mouths.

  • Isa 29:10
    78%

    10 For the Lord has sent on you a spirit of deep sleep; and by him your eyes, the prophets, are shut, and your heads, the seers, are covered.

  • Isa 24:9
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    9 There is no more drinking of wine with a song; strong drink will be bitter to those who take it.

  • Isa 51:20-22
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    78%

    20 Your sons are overcome, like a roe in a net; they are full of the wrath of the Lord, the punishment of your God.

    21 So now give ear to this, you who are troubled and overcome, but not with wine:

    22 This is the word of the Lord your master, even your God who takes up the cause of his people: See, I have taken out of your hand the cup which overcomes, even the cup of my wrath; it will not again be given to you:

  • Isa 28:7
    77%

    7 And further, these are uncertain through wine, and have gone out of the right way through strong drink: the priest and the prophet are uncertain through strong drink, they are overcome by wine, they have gone out of the way through strong drink; their vision is false, they go wrong in their decisions.

  • Ps 107:27
    76%

    27 They are turned here and there, rolling like a man who is full of wine; and all their wisdom comes to nothing.

  • Jer 13:12-13
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    75%

    12 So you are to say this word to them: This is the word of the Lord, the God of Israel: Every skin bottle will be full of wine; and they will say to you, Is it not quite clear to us that every skin bottle will be full of wine?

    13 Then you are to say to them, The Lord has said, I will make all the people of this land, even the kings seated on David's seat, and the priests and the prophets and all the people of Jerusalem, overcome with strong drink.

  • Obad 1:16
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    16 For as you have been drinking on my holy mountain, so will all the nations go on drinking without end; they will go on drinking and the wine will go down their throats, and they will be as if they had never been.

  • Job 12:25
    75%

    25 They go feeling about in the dark without light, wandering without help like those overcome with wine.

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    75%

    8 And it will be like a man desiring food, and dreaming that he is feasting; but when he is awake there is nothing in his mouth: or like a man in need of water, dreaming that he is drinking; but when he is awake he is feeble and his soul is full of desire: so will all the nations be which make war on Mount Zion.

  • Jer 25:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    15 For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said to me: Take the cup of the wine of this wrath from my hand, and make all the nations to whom I send you take of it.

    16 And after drinking it, they will go rolling from side to side, and be off their heads, because of the sword which I will send among them.

  • Jer 25:26-28
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    74%

    26 And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another; and all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth.

    27 And you are to say to them, This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Take of this cup and be overcome, and let it come out again from your lips, and from your fall you will never be lifted up again, because of the sword which I will send among you.

    28 And it will be, if they will not take of the cup in your hand, then you are to say to them, This is what the Lord of armies has said: You will certainly take of it.

  • Isa 5:22
    74%

    22 Cursed are those who are strong to take wine, and great in making mixed drinks!

  • Nah 3:11
    74%

    11 And you will be overcome with wine, you will become feeble; you will be looking for a safe place from those who are fighting against you.

  • Isa 51:17
    74%

    17 Awake! awake! up! O Jerusalem, you who have taken from the Lord's hand the cup of his wrath; tasting in full measure the wine which overcomes.

  • Jer 51:39
    73%

    39 When they are heated, I will make a feast for them, and overcome them with wine, so that they may become unconscious, sleeping an eternal sleep without awaking, says the Lord.

  • Isa 5:11
    73%

    11 Cursed are those who get up early in the morning to give themselves up to strong drink; who keep on drinking far into the night till they are heated with wine!

  • Hab 2:15
    73%

    15 A curse on him who gives his neighbour the wine of his wrath, making him overcome with strong drink from the cup of his passion, so that you may be a witness of their shame!

  • Isa 24:11
    73%

    11 There is a crying in the streets because of the wine; there is an end of all delight, the joy of the land is gone.

  • Ps 78:65
    73%

    65 Then was the Lord like one awaking from sleep, and like a strong man crying out because of wine.

  • Ps 60:3
    73%

    3 You have made the people see hard times; you have given us the wine of shaking for our drink.

  • Jer 51:7
    73%

    7 Babylon has been a gold cup in the hand of the Lord, which has made all the earth overcome with wine: the nations have taken of her wine, and for this cause the nations have gone off their heads.

  • Prov 31:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5 For fear that through drinking they may come to have no respect for the law, wrongly judging the cause of those who are in trouble.

    6 Give strong drink to him who is near to destruction, and wine to him whose soul is bitter:

  • Prov 20:1
    72%

    1 Wine makes men foolish, and strong drink makes men come to blows; and whoever comes into error through these is not wise.

  • Isa 56:12
    72%

    12 Come, they say, I will get wine, and we will take strong drink in full measure; and tomorrow will be like today, full of pleasure.

  • Jer 51:57
    72%

    57 And I will make her chiefs and her wise men, her rulers and her captains and her men of war, overcome with wine; their sleep will be an eternal sleep without awaking, says the King; the Lord of armies is his name.

  • Nah 1:10
    72%

    10 For though they are like twisted thorns, and are overcome as with drink, they will come to destruction like stems of grass fully dry.

  • Isa 28:1
    72%

    1 Ho! crown of pride of those who are given up to wine in Ephraim, and the dead flower of his glory which is on the head of those who are overcome by strong drink!

  • Isa 24:7
    72%

    7 The new wine is thin, the vine is feeble, and all the glad-hearted make sounds of grief.

  • 1 Thess 5:7
    72%

    7 For those who are sleeping do so in the night; and those who are the worse for drink are so in the night;

  • Prov 23:30-31
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    71%

    30 Those who are seated late over the wine: those who go looking for mixed wine.

    31 Keep your eyes from looking on the wine when it is red, when its colour is bright in the cup, when it goes smoothly down:

  • Ezek 23:33
    71%

    33 You will be broken and full of sorrow, with the cup of wonder and destruction, with the cup of your sister Samaria.

  • Mic 2:11
    71%

    11 If a man came with a false spirit of deceit, saying, I will be a prophet to you of wine and strong drink: he would be the sort of prophet for this people.

  • Isa 24:20
    71%

    20 The earth will be moving uncertainly, like a man overcome by drink; it will be shaking like a tent; and the weight of its sin will be on it, crushing it down so that it will not get up again.

  • Jer 23:9
    71%

    9 About the prophets. My heart is broken in me, all my bones are shaking; I am like a man full of strong drink, like a man overcome by wine; because of the Lord, and because of his holy words.

  • Hos 9:2
    71%

    2 The grain-floor and the place where the grapes are crushed will not give them food; there will be no new wine for them.

  • Amos 8:13
    71%

    13 In that day the fair virgins and the young men will be feeble from need of water.

  • Job 24:11
    70%

    11 Between the lines of olive-trees they make oil; though they have no drink, they are crushing out the grapes.

  • Isa 28:3
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    3 The crown of pride of those who are given up to wine in Ephraim will be crushed under foot;

  • Hos 4:11
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    11 Loose ways and new wine take away wisdom.

  • 2 Chr 29:8
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    8 And so the wrath of the Lord has come on Judah and Jerusalem, and he has given them up to be a cause of fear and wonder and shame, as your eyes have seen.

  • Zech 9:15
    70%

    15 The Lord of armies will be a cover for them; and they will overcome, crushing under foot the armed men; they will take their blood for drink like wine: they will be full like the sides of the altar.