But look, there is joy and gladness, butchering of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
“Come, let me get the wine, let us imbibe the strong drink, and tomorrow will be like today, only far better!”
Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man:
If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for human motives, what did I gain? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink
You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.
You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence.
My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight I desired has turned to horror.
At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail
Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and champions in mixing strong drink,
These also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddle