Isaiah 5:18-24
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
18 Woe to those who drag iniquity along with cords of falsehood,
who drag sin along as with cart ropes,(A)
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!”(B)
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!(C)
21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes
and shrewd in their own sight!(D)
22 Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine
and valiant at mixing drink,(E)
23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe
and deprive the innocent of their rights!(F)
Foreign Invasion Predicted
24 Therefore, as the tongue of fire devours the stubble
and as dry grass sinks down in the flame,
so their root will become rotten,
and their blossom go up like dust,
for they have rejected the instruction of the Lord of hosts
and have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.(G)
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