Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

When

2 Chronicles 13:7
And there are gathered to him vain men, the sons of Belial, and have made themselves strong against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, and Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted and could not withstand them.
2 Chronicles 33:1
Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 36:2
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
Isaiah 3:4
And I will give young boys to be their rulers, and caprices shall rule over them.

And

Proverbs 20:1
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and whoever goes astray by it is not wise.
Isaiah 5:11
Woe to those who rise up early in the morning to go after strong drink; tarrying in the twilight while wine inflames them!
Isaiah 28:7
But they also have sinned through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way. The priest and the prophet have sinned through drink; they are swallowed up by wine; they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
Hosea 7:5
In the day of our king, the rulers have sickened themselves with the heat of wine. He stretches out his hand with scorners.

In the

Jeremiah 21:12
O house of David, so says Jehovah: Do judgment in the morning, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor, lest My fury go out like fire, and burn so that none can put it out, because of the evil of your doings.