Isaiah 5:18-25

English Standard Version

¹⁸ Woe to those who draw iniquity with ^(A)cords of falsehood,
    who draw sin as with cart ropes,
¹⁹ who say: ^(B)“Let him be quick,
    let him speed his work
    that we may see it;
let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near,
    and let it come, that we may know it!”
²⁰ Woe to ^(C)those who call evil good
    and good evil,
^(D)who put darkness for light
    and light for darkness,
who put bitter for sweet
    and sweet for bitter!
²¹ Woe to those who are ^(E)wise in their own eyes,
    and shrewd in their own sight!
²² Woe to those who are ^(F)heroes at drinking wine,
    and valiant men in mixing strong drink,
²³ who ^(G)acquit the guilty for a bribe,
    and deprive the innocent of his right!

²⁴ Therefore, ^(H)as the tongue of fire devours the stubble,
    and as dry grass sinks down in the flame,
so ^(I)their root will be ^(J)as rottenness,
    and their blossom go up like dust;
for they have ^(K)rejected the law of the Lord of hosts,
    and have ^(L)despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
²⁵ Therefore ^(M)the anger of the Lord was kindled against his people,
    and he stretched out his hand against them and struck them,
    and ^(N)the mountains quaked;
and their corpses were ^(O)as refuse
    in the midst of the streets.
^(P)For all this his anger has not turned away,
    and his hand is stretched out still.