Isaiah 5:18-23

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁸ Ah, you who drag iniquity along with cords of falsehood,
    who drag sin along as with cart ropes,
¹⁹ who say, “Let him make haste,
    let him speed his work
    that we may see it;
let the plan of the Holy One of Israel hasten to fulfillment,
    that we may know it!”
²⁰ Ah, you 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 Ah, you who are wise in your own eyes,
    and shrewd in your own sight!
²² Ah, you who are heroes in drinking wine
    and valiant at mixing drink,
²³ who acquit the guilty for a bribe,
    and deprive the innocent of their rights!