"Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!"
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Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem:
Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God.
Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.
Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.
And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.
Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.
Unhappy is the land whose king is a boy, and whose rulers are feasting 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!
Wo to thee, O land, when thy king `is' a youth, And thy princes do eat in the morning.