'Wine' in the Bible

Woe to those who rise early in the morningin pursuit of beer,who linger into the evening,inflamed by wine.

At their feasts they have lyre, harp,tambourine, flute, and wine.They do not perceive the Lord’s actions,and they do not see the work of His hands.

Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine,who are fearless at mixing beer,

But look: joy and gladness,butchering of cattle, slaughtering of sheep,eating of meat, and drinking of wine—“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

The new wine mourns;the vine withers.All the carousers now groan.

They no longer sing and drink wine;beer is bitter to those who drink it.

In the streets they cry for wine.All joy grows dark;earth’s rejoicing goes into exile.

The Lord of Hosts will prepare a feastfor all the peoples on this mountain—a feast of aged wine, choice meat, finely aged wine.

Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards,and to the fading flower of its beautiful splendor,which is on the summit above the rich valley.Woe to those overcome with wine.

These also stagger because of wineand stumble under the influence of beer:priest and prophet stagger because of beer,they are confused by wine.They stumble because of beer,they are muddled in their visions,they stumble in their judgments.

Stop and be astonished;blind yourselves and be blind!They are drunk, but not with wine;they stagger, but not with beer.

until I come and take you away to a land like your own land—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards.

I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh,and they will be drunk with their own bloodas with sweet wine.Then all flesh will knowthat I, Yahweh, am your Savior,and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”

So listen to this, afflictedand drunken one—but not with wine.

“Come, everyone who is thirsty,come to the waters;and you without money,come, buy, and eat!Come, buy wine and milkwithout money and without cost!

“Come, let me get some wine,let’s guzzle some beer;and tomorrow will be like today,only far better!” >

The Lord has sworn with His right handand His strong arm:I will no longer give your grainto your enemies for food,and foreigners will not drink your new wineyou have labored for.

For those who gather grain will eat itand praise the Lord,and those who harvest the grapes will drink the winein My holy courts.

The Lord says this:As the new wine is found in a bunch of grapes,and one says, ‘Don’t destroy it,for there’s some good in it,’so I will act because of My servantsand not destroy them all.

But you who abandon the Lord,who forget My holy mountain,who prepare a table for Fortuneand fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,