A plate with a roasted pear, a glass of burgundy wine and a folded linen napkin against a deep olive background.

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The Bible

Hebrew Isaiah, 22:13

Let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we shall die.

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The words voice a resigned appetite for pleasure: since death is coming tomorrow, enjoy food and drink now. Read as a motto, it treats mortality as a reason to indulge at once rather than plan or hold back, a fatalistic, hedonistic shrug.

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