Isaiah 5:8-23

New King James Version

^11 (D)Woe to those who rise early in the morning,
That they may ^[d]follow intoxicating drink;
Who continue until night, till wine inflames them!
^12 (E)The harp and the strings,
The tambourine and flute,
And wine are in their feasts;
But ^(F)they do not regard the work of the Lord,
Nor consider the operation of His hands.

^13 (G)Therefore my people have gone into captivity,
Because they have no ^(H)knowledge;
Their honorable men are famished,
And their multitude dried up with thirst.
¹⁴ Therefore Sheol has enlarged itself
And opened its mouth beyond measure;
Their glory and their multitude and their pomp,
And he who is jubilant, shall descend into it.
¹⁵ People shall be brought down,
^(I)Each man shall be humbled,
And the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled.
¹⁶ But the Lord of hosts shall be ^(J)exalted in judgment,
And God who is holy shall be hallowed in righteousness.
¹⁷ Then the lambs shall feed in their pasture,
And in the waste places of ^(K)the ^[e]fat ones strangers shall eat.

¹⁸ Woe to those who ^[f]draw iniquity with cords of ^[g]vanity,
And sin as if with a cart rope;
^19 (L)That say, “Let Him make speed and hasten His work,
That we may see it;
And let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come,
That we may know it.”

²⁰ Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness;
Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

²¹ Woe to those who are ^(M)wise in their own eyes,
And prudent in their own sight!

²² Woe to men mighty at drinking wine,
Woe to men valiant for mixing intoxicating drink,
²³ Who ^(N)justify the wicked for a bribe,
And take away justice from the righteous man!