5:11 Those who get up early to drink beer are as good as dead,
those who keep drinking long after dark
until they are intoxicated with wine.
5:18 Those who pull evil along using cords of emptiness are as good as dead,
who pull sin as with cart ropes.
10:5 Assyria, the club I use to vent my anger, is as good as dead,
a cudgel with which I angrily punish.
29:1 Ariel is as good as dead –
Ariel, the town David besieged!
Keep observing your annual rituals,
celebrate your festivals on schedule.