The prominent people mock me, composing drinking songs.

The two angels entered Sodom at sunset while Lot was sitting in the gate area of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up, greeted them, bowed low with his face to the ground,

"Appoint judges and civil servants according to your tribes in all your cities that the LORD your God is about to give you, so they may judge the people impartially.

Sons of fools and of uncertain reputation, they have been driven from the land by scourging."

But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together. They gathered together against me attackers whom I did not know. They tore me apart and would not stop.

Under the influence of wine, Belshazzar ordered that the gold and silver vessels his grandfather Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the Temple in Jerusalem be brought in so the king, his officials, his wives, and his mistresses could drink from them.

"You've exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. "You've had the vessels from his Temple brought into your presence. "And you, your officials, and your wives and mistresses drank wine from them. "You praised gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which can't see, hear, or demonstrate knowledge. "But you didn't honor God, who holds in his power your very life and all your ways.

While Jesus was being accused by the high priests and elders, he made no reply.

But the high priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to demand that Jesus be put to death.

In the same way the high priests, along with the scribes and elders, were also making fun of him. They kept saying,

The following day (that is, after the Day of Preparation), the high priests and Pharisees gathered before Pilate

They dressed him in a purple robe, twisted some thorns into a victor's crown, and placed it on his head.

They began to accuse him, "We found this man corrupting our nation, forbidding us to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying that he is the Messiah, a king."

The kings of the earth take their stand, and rulers meet together against the Lord and against his Messiah.'

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Summary

They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.

Drunkards

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They

"Appoint judges and civil servants according to your tribes in all your cities that the LORD your God is about to give you, so they may judge the people impartially.
While Jesus was being accused by the high priests and elders, he made no reply.
They began to accuse him, "We found this man corrupting our nation, forbidding us to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying that he is the Messiah, a king."
The kings of the earth take their stand, and rulers meet together against the Lord and against his Messiah.'

I was

But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together. They gathered together against me attackers whom I did not know. They tore me apart and would not stop.
Sons of fools and of uncertain reputation, they have been driven from the land by scourging."
They dressed him in a purple robe, twisted some thorns into a victor's crown, and placed it on his head.

Drunkards

Under the influence of wine, Belshazzar ordered that the gold and silver vessels his grandfather Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the Temple in Jerusalem be brought in so the king, his officials, his wives, and his mistresses could drink from them.

General references

No longer do they drink wine accompanied by singing; even beer tastes bitter to those who drink it.
I have become a laughingstock to all my people, the object of their taunts throughout the day.

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