Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and when the princes eat in the morning. when 2 Chronicles 13:7 And there were gathered to him vain men, and children of Belial: and they prevailed against Roboam the son of Solomon: for Roboam was unexperienced, and of a fearful heart, and could not resist them. 2 Chronicles 33:1 Manasses was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. 2 Chronicles 36:2,5,9,11 Joachaz was three and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. . . . Isaiah 3:4,5,12 And I will give children to be their princes, and the effeminate shall rule over them. . . . and Proverbs 20:1,2 Wine is a luxurious thing, and drunkenness riotous: whosoever is delighted therewith, shall not be wise. . . . Isaiah 5:11,12 Woe to you that rise up early in the morning to follow drunkenness, and to drink in the evening, to be inflamed with wine. . . . Isaiah 28:7,8 But these also have been ignorant through wine, and through drunkenness have erred: the priest and the prophet have been ignorant through drunkenness, they are swallowed up with wine, they have gone astray in drunkenness, they have not known him that seeth, they have been ignorant of judgment. . . . Hosea 7:5-7 The day of our king, the princes began to be mad with wine: he stretched out his hand with scorners. . . . in the Jeremiah 21:12 O house of David, thus saith the Lord: Judge ye judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is oppressed by violence out of the hand of the oppressor: lest my indignation go forth like a fire, and be kindled, and there be none to quench it, because of the evil of your ways. Context Wisdom and Folly…15The labour of fools shall afflict them that know not how to go to the city. 16Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and when the princes eat in the morning.17Blessed is the land, whose king is noble, and whose princes eat in due season for refreshment, and not for riotousness.… Cross References Proverbs 28:16 A prince void of prudence shall oppress many by calumny: but he that hateth covetousness, shall prolong his days. Ecclesiastes 10:15 The labour of fools shall afflict them that know not how to go to the city. Isaiah 3:4 And I will give children to be their princes, and the effeminate shall rule over them. Isaiah 3:12 As for my people, their oppressors have stripped them, and women have ruled over them. O my people, they that call thee blessed, the same deceive thee, and destroy the way of thy steps. Isaiah 5:11 Woe to you that rise up early in the morning to follow drunkenness, and to drink in the evening, to be inflamed with wine. Lexicon Woe to you,אִֽי־ (’î-) Interjection Strong's Hebrew 337: Alas! O land אֶ֔רֶץ (’e·reṣ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land whose king שֶׁמַּלְכֵּ֖ךְ (šem·mal·kêḵ) Pronoun - relative | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king is a youth, נָ֑עַר (nā·‘ar) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5288: A boy, lad, youth, retainer and whose princes וְשָׂרַ֖יִךְ (wə·śā·ra·yiḵ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 8269: Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince feast יֹאכֵֽלוּ׃ (yō·ḵê·lū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 398: To eat in the morning. בַּבֹּ֥קֶר (bab·bō·qer) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1242: Dawn, morning Additional Translations Woe to you, O land whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in the morning.Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning! Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! Woe to thee, O city, whose king is young, and thy princes eat in the morning! Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! Woe to you, land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning! Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a youth, And thy princes do eat in the morning. 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