“Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.”
The call to the drunkards to awake and weep for the wine suggests that the loss of agricultural productivity means the loss of wine, the staple that defined festivity and abundance in ancient Near Eastern life. The address to drunkards, perhaps ironic, suggests that even those accustomed to indulgence will find their supplies exhausted. This verse indicates that the judgment affects all social classes and threatens the material basis of civilization.
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