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THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET
ISAIAH
CHAPTER 22
  13 And behold ajoy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us beat and drink; for cto morrow we shall die.

Footnotes
13a
IE They went on with revelry as usual.
b
Luke 12: 19.
  19 And I will say to my soul, aSoul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, beat, drink, and be merry.
1 Cor. 15: 32.
  32 If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us aeat and drink; for bto morrow we die.
2 Ne. 28: 8.
  8 And there shall also be many which shall say: aEat, drink, and be bmerry; nevertheless, fear God—he will cjustify in committing a little dsin; yea, elie a little, take the advantage of one because of his words, dig a fpit for thy neighbor; there is gno harm in this; and do all these things, for tomorrow we die; and if it so be that we are guilty, God will beat us with a few stripes, and at last we shall be saved in the kingdom of God.
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