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Atomic Bible
Joel 1:5
Wake up, you drunkards, and weep;
from The Invasion of Locusts, Joel 1:1-7
What it says

Drunkards are told to wake, weep, and wail because the new wine has been cut off.

What it is doing

This verse applies the disaster personally by showing joy and indulgence abruptly shattered.

In context

1This is the word of the LORD that came to Joel son of Pethuel: 2Hear this, O elders; 3Tell it to your children; 4What the devouring locust has left, 5Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; 6For a nation has invaded My land, 7It has laid waste My grapevine