20 The earth reels like a drunkard,(A)
    it sways like a hut(B) in the wind;
so heavy upon it is the guilt of its rebellion(C)
    that it falls(D)—never to rise again.(E)

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14 The Lord has poured into them
    a spirit of dizziness;(A)
they make Egypt stagger in all that she does,
    as a drunkard staggers(B) around in his vomit.

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14 Those who swear by the sin of Samaria(A)
    who say, ‘As surely as your god lives, Dan,’(B)
    or, ‘As surely as the god[a] of Beersheba(C) lives’—
    they will fall,(D) never to rise again.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 8:14 Hebrew the way

The Charge Against Israel

Hear the word of the Lord, you Israelites,
    because the Lord has a charge(A) to bring
    against you who live in the land:(B)
“There is no faithfulness,(C) no love,
    no acknowledgment(D) of God in the land.(E)
There is only cursing,[a] lying(F) and murder,(G)
    stealing(H) and adultery;(I)
they break all bounds,
    and bloodshed follows bloodshed.(J)
Because of this the land dries up,(K)
    and all who live in it waste away;(L)
the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky
    and the fish in the sea are swept away.(M)

“But let no one bring a charge,
    let no one accuse another,
for your people are like those
    who bring charges against a priest.(N)
You stumble(O) day and night,
    and the prophets stumble with you.
So I will destroy your mother(P)

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  1. Hosea 4:2 That is, to pronounce a curse on

19 After this, he will turn back toward the fortresses of his own country but will stumble and fall,(A) to be seen no more.(B)

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Be stunned and amazed,(A)
    blind yourselves and be sightless;(B)
be drunk,(C) but not from wine,(D)
    stagger,(E) but not from beer.

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The Finality of Babylon’s Doom

21 Then a mighty angel(A) picked up a boulder the size of a large millstone and threw it into the sea,(B) and said:

“With such violence
    the great city(C) of Babylon will be thrown down,
    never to be found again.

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The Woman in a Basket

Then the angel who was speaking to me came forward and said to me, “Look up and see what is appearing.”

I asked, “What is it?”

He replied, “It is a basket.(A)” And he added, “This is the iniquity[a] of the people throughout the land.”

Then the cover of lead was raised, and there in the basket sat a woman! He said, “This is wickedness,” and he pushed her back into the basket and pushed its lead cover down on it.(B)

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  1. Zechariah 5:6 Or appearance

14 “My sins have been bound into a yoke[a];(A)
    by his hands they were woven together.
They have been hung on my neck,
    and the Lord has sapped my strength.
He has given me into the hands(B)
    of those I cannot withstand.

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  1. Lamentations 1:14 Most Hebrew manuscripts; many Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint He kept watch over my sins

27 “Then tell them, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Drink, get drunk(A) and vomit, and fall to rise no more because of the sword(B) I will send among you.’

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Sin and Punishment

“Say to them, ‘This is what the Lord says:

“‘When people fall down, do they not get up?(A)
    When someone turns away,(B) do they not return?

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27 Your first father(A) sinned;
    those I sent to teach(B) you rebelled(C) against me.

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12 Like a shepherd’s tent(A) my house
    has been pulled down(B) and taken from me.
Like a weaver I have rolled(C) up my life,
    and he has cut me off from the loom;(D)
    day and night(E) you made an end of me.

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The vineyard(A) of the Lord Almighty
    is the nation of Israel,
and the people of Judah
    are the vines he delighted in.
And he looked for justice,(B) but saw bloodshed;
    for righteousness,(C) but heard cries of distress.(D)

Woes and Judgments

Woe(E) to you who add house to house
    and join field to field(F)
till no space is left
    and you live alone in the land.

The Lord Almighty(G) has declared in my hearing:(H)

“Surely the great houses will become desolate,(I)
    the fine mansions left without occupants.
10 A ten-acre vineyard will produce only a bath[a] of wine;
    a homer[b] of seed will yield only an ephah[c] of grain.”(J)

11 Woe(K) to those who rise early in the morning
    to run after their drinks,
who stay up late at night
    till they are inflamed with wine.(L)
12 They have harps and lyres at their banquets,
    pipes(M) and timbrels(N) and wine,
but they have no regard(O) for the deeds of the Lord,
    no respect for the work of his hands.(P)
13 Therefore my people will go into exile(Q)
    for lack of understanding;(R)
those of high rank(S) will die of hunger
    and the common people will be parched with thirst.(T)
14 Therefore Death(U) expands its jaws,
    opening wide its mouth;(V)
into it will descend their nobles and masses
    with all their brawlers and revelers.(W)
15 So people will be brought low(X)
    and everyone humbled,(Y)
    the eyes of the arrogant(Z) humbled.
16 But the Lord Almighty will be exalted(AA) by his justice,(AB)
    and the holy God will be proved holy(AC) by his righteous acts.
17 Then sheep will graze as in their own pasture;(AD)
    lambs will feed[d] among the ruins of the rich.

18 Woe(AE) to those who draw sin along with cords(AF) of deceit,
    and wickedness(AG) as with cart ropes,
19 to those who say, “Let God hurry;
    let him hasten(AH) his work
    so we may see it.
The plan of the Holy One(AI) of Israel—
    let it approach, let it come into view,
    so we may know it.”(AJ)

20 Woe(AK) to those who call evil good(AL)
    and good evil,(AM)
who put darkness for light
    and light for darkness,(AN)
who put bitter for sweet
    and sweet for bitter.(AO)

21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes(AP)
    and clever in their own sight.

22 Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine(AQ)
    and champions at mixing drinks,(AR)
23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe,(AS)
    but deny justice(AT) to the innocent.(AU)
24 Therefore, as tongues of fire(AV) lick up straw(AW)
    and as dry grass sinks down in the flames,
so their roots will decay(AX)
    and their flowers blow away like dust;(AY)
for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty
    and spurned the word(AZ) of the Holy One(BA) of Israel.
25 Therefore the Lord’s anger(BB) burns against his people;
    his hand is raised and he strikes them down.
The mountains shake,(BC)
    and the dead bodies(BD) are like refuse(BE) in the streets.(BF)

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

26 He lifts up a banner(BI) for the distant nations,
    he whistles(BJ) for those at the ends of the earth.(BK)
Here they come,
    swiftly and speedily!
27 Not one of them grows tired(BL) or stumbles,
    not one slumbers or sleeps;
not a belt(BM) is loosened at the waist,(BN)
    not a sandal strap is broken.(BO)
28 Their arrows are sharp,(BP)
    all their bows(BQ) are strung;
their horses’ hooves(BR) seem like flint,
    their chariot wheels like a whirlwind.(BS)
29 Their roar is like that of the lion,(BT)
    they roar like young lions;
they growl as they seize(BU) their prey
    and carry it off with no one to rescue.(BV)
30 In that day(BW) they will roar over it
    like the roaring of the sea.(BX)
And if one looks at the land,
    there is only darkness(BY) and distress;(BZ)
    even the sun will be darkened(CA) by clouds.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 5:10 That is, about 6 gallons or about 22 liters
  2. Isaiah 5:10 That is, probably about 360 pounds or about 160 kilograms
  3. Isaiah 5:10 That is, probably about 36 pounds or about 16 kilograms
  4. Isaiah 5:17 Septuagint; Hebrew / strangers will eat

Daughter Zion(A) is left(B)
    like a shelter in a vineyard,
like a hut(C) in a cucumber field,
    like a city under siege.

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27 They reeled(A) and staggered like drunkards;
    they were at their wits’ end.

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My guilt has overwhelmed(A) me
    like a burden too heavy to bear.(B)

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35 And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel(A) to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah,(B) whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.(C) 36 Truly I tell you, all this will come on this generation.(D)

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