Isaiah 9:18-10:4

New International Version

¹⁸ Surely wickedness burns like a fire;^(A)
    it consumes briers and thorns,^(B)
it sets the forest thickets ablaze,^(C)
    so that it rolls upward in a column of smoke.
¹⁹ By the wrath^(D) of the Lord Almighty
    the land will be scorched^(E)
and the people will be fuel for the fire;^(F)
    they will not spare one another.^(G)
20 On the right they will devour,
    but still be hungry;^(H)
on the left they will eat,^(I)
    but not be satisfied.
Each will feed on the flesh of their own offspring^[a]:
²¹     Manasseh will feed on Ephraim, and Ephraim on Manasseh;^(J)
    together they will turn against Judah.^(K)

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,
    his hand is still upraised.^(L)

10 Woe^(M) to those who make unjust laws,
    to those who issue oppressive decrees,^(N)
2 to deprive^(O) the poor of their rights
    and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people,^(P)
making widows their prey
    and robbing the fatherless.^(Q)
3 What will you do on the day of reckoning,^(R)
    when disaster^(S) comes from afar?
To whom will you run for help?^(T)
    Where will you leave your riches?
⁴ Nothing will remain but to cringe among the captives^(U)
    or fall among the slain.^(V)

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,^(W)
    his hand is still upraised.