Isaiah 22:13
And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.
KJV
et ecce gaudium et lætitia, occidere vitulos et jugulare arietes, comedere carnes, et bibere vinum : comedamus et bibamus, cras enim moriemur.
Vulgate
αὐτοὶ δὲ ἐποιήσαντο εὐφροσύνην καὶ ἀγαλλίαμα, σφάζοντες μόσχους καὶ θύοντες πρόβατα, ὥστε φαγεῖν κρέα καὶ πιεῖν οἶνον Φάγωμεν καὶ πίωμεν, αὔριον γὰρ ἀποθνήσκομεν.
LXX
and, behold, joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine: Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we shall die.
ASV
וְ/הִנֵּ֣ה שָׂשׂ֣וֹן וְ/שִׂמְחָ֗ה הָרֹ֤ג בָּקָר֙ וְ/שָׁחֹ֣ט צֹ֔אן אָכֹ֥ל בָּשָׂ֖ר וְ/שָׁת֣וֹת יָ֑יִן אָכ֣וֹל וְ/שָׁת֔וֹ כִּ֥י מָחָ֖ר נָמֽוּת
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Intertextual echoes
Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.
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1Cor 15:32 · exact_quote"If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die."Isaiah: let us eat and drink for tomorrow we die — if no resurrection
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
2. But first I wish to remind you who are initiated of the response , which on that evening they who introduce you to the mysteries bid you make; and then I will also explain the saying of Paul: so this likewise will be clearer to you; we after all the other things adding this which Paul now says. And I desire indeed expressly to utter it, but I dare not on account of the unini…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 15:32 — If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.
- 1Cor 15:32 — If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.
- 1Tim 5:6 — But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
- Gen 25:34 — Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.
- Isa 56:12 — Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
- Jas 5:5 — Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
- Jas 5:5 — Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
- Luke 12:19 — And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
- Luke 17:26 — And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
- Prov 23:20 — Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: