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10     Then ten acres[a] of vineyard will yield only six gallons[b] of wine,
    and six bushels[c] of seed will yield less than a bushel.[d]

11 Woe to those who rise up early in the morning to chase after beer,[e]
who stay up late into the night until wine inflames them.
12 Harp, lyre, drum, flute, and wine are at their drinking parties,
but they have no regard for the work of the Lord,
nor have they paid attention to what his hands are doing.

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  1. Isaiah 5:10 Literally ten yokes
  2. Isaiah 5:10 Literally one bath
  3. Isaiah 5:10 Literally a homer
  4. Isaiah 5:10 Literally an ephah
  5. Isaiah 5:11 Beer refers to any fermented drink not made from grapes. Distilled alcohol was not used in biblical times.

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