Ecclesiastes 10:16

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Summary

Ecclesiastes 10:16

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

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Jeremiah 21:12

Bible References

When

and worthless (unprincipled, unethical) men gathered around him, useless and wicked men, who proved too strong for Rehoboam the son of Solomon when Rehoboam was young and timid, and could not assert himself against them.

Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned for fifty-five years in Jerusalem.

Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned [only] three months in Jerusalem.

And I will make mere boys their princes,
And capricious (impulsive, unpredictable) children will rule over them.

And

Wine is a mocker, strong drink a riotous brawler;
And whoever is intoxicated by it is not wise.

Woe (judgment is coming) to those who rise early in the morning to pursue intoxicating drink,
Who stay up late in the night till wine inflames them!

But even these reel with wine and stagger from strong drink:
The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink;
They are confused by wine, they stagger from strong drink;
They reel while seeing visions,
They stagger when pronouncing judgment.

On the [special] day of our king, the princes became sick with the heat of wine;
The king stretched out his hand [in association] with scoffers (lawless people).

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O house of David, thus says the Lord:

“Administer justice in the morning,
And rescue the one who has been robbed from the hand of his oppressor,
That My wrath will not roar up like fire
And burn so [hotly] that none can extinguish it,
Because of the evil of their deeds.