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10 Ten acres of vineyard
    will produce just one bath,[a]
    and a homer of seed
        will produce only an ephah.

11 Doom to those who wake up early in the morning to run after beer,
    to those who stay up late, lit up by wine.
12 They party with lyre and harp, tambourine, flute, and wine;
    but they ignore the Lord’s work;
        they can’t see what God is doing.

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  1. Isaiah 5:10 One bath is approximately twenty quarts, the same as an ephah; one homer contains ten ephahs (or baths) of grain.

10 A ten-acre vineyard will produce only a bath[a] of wine;
    a homer[b] of seed will yield only an ephah[c] of grain.”(A)

11 Woe(B) to those who rise early in the morning
    to run after their drinks,
who stay up late at night
    till they are inflamed with wine.(C)
12 They have harps and lyres at their banquets,
    pipes(D) and timbrels(E) and wine,
but they have no regard(F) for the deeds of the Lord,
    no respect for the work of his hands.(G)

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  1. Isaiah 5:10 That is, about 6 gallons or about 22 liters
  2. Isaiah 5:10 That is, probably about 360 pounds or about 160 kilograms
  3. Isaiah 5:10 That is, probably about 36 pounds or about 16 kilograms