Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflames them!
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
To follow. Hebrew, "for shecar "(Calmet) palm wine, (Theodoret) or any inebriating liquor. (St. Jerome in chap. xxviii.) Our version is conformable to Aquila and Symmachus. (Haydock)
Numbers vi. 3., and Ecclesiastes x. 16.
