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Wine. Hebrew. yayin. See App-27.
is. Figure of speech Metaphor. App-6.
mocker = scoffer.
strong drink. Hebrew. shekar. App-27. IV
raging = a brawler.
is deceived = erreth. Hebrew. shagah = to go astray. See note on Pro_11:18. Not the same word as in Pro_20:17.
is not wise. Illustrations: Noah (Gen_7:1. Compare Pro_9:20, Pro_9:21); Nabal (1Sa_25:36); Elah (1Ki_16:8-10); Ben-hadad (1Ki_20:16-21); Ephraim (Isa_28:7); Belshazzar, &c. (Dan 5. Jer_51:39, Jer_51:57); Nineveh (Nah_1:10); and probably Nadab and Abihu (Lev_10:8, Lev_10:9),