Drunk
Drunk
(this and its related words, “drunken,” “drunkard,” etc., are represented in Hebrew by some form of the verbs , shakar’, to become intoxicated; , shathah’, to drink simply; , ravah’, to drink to satiety; , saba’, to drink to excess; Gr. ). The first instance of intoxication on record is that of Noah (Gen 9:21), who was probably ignorant of the effects of the expressed juice of the grape. The sin of drunkenness is most expressly condemned in the Scriptures (Rom 13:13; 1Co 6:9-10; Eph 5:18; 1Th 5:7-8). SEE TEMPERANCE.
The use of strong drink, even to excess, was not uncommon among the Jews. This is inferred from the striking figures with which the use and effects of it have furnished the sacred writers, and also from the various express prohibitions and penalties (Psa 107:27; Isa 5:11; Isa 24:20; Isa 49:26; Isa 51:17-22; Pro 21:1; Hab 2:15-16). SEE DRINK, STRONG. Men are sometimes represented as drunk with sorrow, with afflictions, and with the wine of God’s wrath (Isa 63:6; Jer 51:57; Eze 23:33). (See Wemyss, Symbol. Dict. s.v.) Persons under the influence of superstition, idolatry, and delusion are said to be drunk, because they make no use of their natural reason (Isa 28:7; Rev 17:2). Drunkenness sometimes denotes abundance, satiety (Deu 32:42; Isa 49:26). To “add drunkenness to thirst” (Deu 29:19) is to add one sin to another; i.e., not only to pine in secret after idol-worship, but openly practice it (see Stuart’s Hebrews Chrest. on this passage).
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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The first case of intoxication on record is that of Noah (Gen. 9:21). The sin of drunkenness is frequently and strongly condemned (Rom. 13:13; 1 Cor. 6:9, 10; Eph. 5:18; 1 Thess. 5:7, 8). The sin of drinking to excess See ms to have been not uncommon among the Israelites.
The word is used figuratively, when men are spoken of as being drunk with sorrow, and with the wine of God’s wrath (Isa. 63:6; Jer. 51:57; Ezek. 23:33). To “add drunkenness to thirst” (Deut. 29:19, A.V.) is a proverbial expression, rendered in the Revised Version “to destroy the moist with the dry”, i.e., the well-watered equally with the dry land, meaning that the effect of such walking in the imagination of their own hearts would be to destroy one and all.
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
DRUNK
Drunkenness is sometimes the symbol of folly and of the madness of sinners, who, making no use of their reason, involve themselves in all sorts of crimes. So Philo explains it.f1 And so it is taken in Isa 28:1; Isa 28:3, And by Artemidorus, in Lib. 3. c: 42f2 And then, as punishment is the consequence of sin, so drunkenness in the Prophets is taken for that stupidity which arises from God’s judgments; when the sinner is under the consternation of his misery, as one astonished, staggering, and not knowing what to do-and is therefore the symbol of a very miserable state.
Thus in Job 12:25, “They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.” In Isa 29:9, “They are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.” And so in Isa 51:21-22, “O thou afflicted and drunken, but not with wine.-Behold I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury.” In Jer 13:13; Jer 13:19, “I will fill all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with drunkenness, and I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together.-I will have no mercy but destroy them.” And in Lam 3:15, “He hath filled me with bitterness, he bath made me drunken with wormwood.”
Aristotle saith,f3 “the drunken are doubly punished.” Sometimes idolatry is set forth under the symbol of drunkenness, as being attended therewith. See Jer 51:7.
And sometimes drunkenness is used in a good sense; for being replenished, or satisfied with good things; as in Jer 31:14, according to the original. And so the Oneirocritics sometimes, as in ch. 111, 112, explain it of the acquisition of riches.
F1 Philo Sch. in Or. Chald.
F2 See Donatus in Terent. Eunuch. Act. iv. Sc. 3. ver. 13.
F3 Eth. L. 3. ch. 5.
Fuente: A Symbolical Dictionary
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Deu 32:42 (b) This is a figure to describe the excessive destruction that will follow the wrath of GOD upon Israel or the nations in their disobedience.
2Ki 19:24 (a) The conquering heathen king by this figure describes the victory he obtained over his enemies and the joy that he had in conquering them. (See Isa 37:25).
Son 5:1 (a) Solomon is expressing by this means the exquisite pleasure he had in reveling in all the good things of life which he had so abundantly.
Isa 51:17 (a) Here we find a type of the experience of Israel, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, in being forced to absorb the anger of GOD and the pouring of His wrath upon them.
Isa 63:6 (b) This is a picture of the terrible condition of the people when GOD’s anger is once released against them.
Jer 46:10 (a) By this figure we are told that the land of Egypt was completely overwhelmed and overcome by the sword of GOD’s wrath through His servant, Nebuchadnezzar. (See also Jer 51:57 where the same truth pertains to Babylon).
Eze 34:18 (a) The Lord is reproving the shepherds of Israel because they took for themselves the best of the land, its riches and its increase, while neglecting to care for the flock of GOD.
Rev 17:2 (a) The great false church, particularly Romanism, has offered to the world freedom of lust, liberty in sin, cruelty in action, and the great powers of the world have reveled in these liberties, so that the nations that are controlled by this church act accordingly. Those who are under the domination of this wicked influence live in ignorance and poverty and revel in their evil ways.
Rev 17:6 (a) This no doubt refers to the wicked practices of the great false religions of the world, particularly the Roman Catholic Church, which through the centuries has reveled in the blood of saints and martyrs. Even to this day, those who love our Lord Jesus CHRIST are murdered by orders of this church in those countries where they control the government.
Rev 18:3 (a) In this passage it is the nations who are made to drink the hatred of this abominable church, and cannot escape. It should be noted that all nations suffer from the overruling and overriding power of their apostate religion.