Isaiah 5:15-23
Holman Christian Standard Bible
15 Humanity is brought low, man is humbled,
and haughty eyes are humbled.(A)
16 But the Lord of Hosts is exalted by His justice,(B)
and the holy God(C) is distinguished by righteousness.(D)
17 Lambs will graze
as if in[a] their own pastures,(E)
and strangers[b] will eat
among the ruins of the rich.
18 Woe to those who drag wickedness
with cords of deceit(F)
and pull sin along with cart ropes,
19 to those who say:
“Let Him hurry up and do His work quickly
so that we can see it!
Let the plan(G) of the Holy One of Israel(H) take place
so that we can know it!”
20 Woe to those who call evil good
and good evil,(I)
who substitute darkness for light
and light for darkness,
who substitute bitter for sweet
and sweet for bitter.
21 Woe to those who are wise in their own opinion
and clever in their own sight.[c](J)
22 Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine,
who are fearless at mixing beer,(K)
23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe(L)
and deprive the innocent of justice.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 5:17 Syr reads graze in
- Isaiah 5:17 LXX reads sheep
- Isaiah 5:21 Lit clever before their face
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