Isaiah 5:8-16
English Standard Version
Woe to the Wicked
8 Woe to those who (A)join house to house,
who add field to field,
until there is no more room,
and you are made to dwell alone
in the midst of the land.
9 The Lord of hosts has sworn in my hearing:
(B)“Surely many houses shall be desolate,
large and beautiful houses, without inhabitant.
10 (C)For ten acres[a] of vineyard shall yield but one bath,
and a (D)homer of seed shall yield but an ephah.”[b]
11 Woe to those who (E)rise early in the morning,
that they may run after strong drink,
who tarry late into the evening
as wine inflames them!
12 (F)They have lyre and harp,
tambourine and flute and wine at their feasts,
(G)but they do not regard the deeds of the Lord,
or see the work of his hands.
13 Therefore my people go into exile
(H)for lack of knowledge;[c]
their (I)honored men go hungry,[d]
and their multitude is parched with thirst.
14 Therefore Sheol has (J)enlarged its appetite
and opened (K)its mouth beyond measure,
and the nobility of Jerusalem[e] and her multitude will go down,
her revelers and he who (L)exults in her.
15 (M)Man is humbled, and each one is brought low,
and the eyes of the haughty[f] are brought low.
16 (N)But the Lord of hosts is exalted[g] in justice,
and the Holy God shows himself holy in righteousness.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 5:10 Hebrew ten yoke, the area ten yoke of oxen can plow in a day
- Isaiah 5:10 A bath was about 6 gallons or 22 liters; a homer was about 6 bushels or 220 liters; an ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters
- Isaiah 5:13 Or without their knowledge
- Isaiah 5:13 Or die of hunger
- Isaiah 5:14 Hebrew her nobility
- Isaiah 5:15 Hebrew high
- Isaiah 5:16 Hebrew high
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