Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?—a series of rhetorical questions setting up the description of the drunkard's condition. The progression moves from emotional (woe, sorrow) to relational (strife, complaints) to physical (bruises, bloodshot eyes). The theological significance involves the principle that drunkenness produces comprehensive destruction.

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